Don’t let philistines wreck our urban heritage with their developments | Simon Jenkins

There’s no point having conservation areas if they are not conserved. Communities secretary Sajid Javid’s Paddington cube ruling will be pivotalSajid Javid, the communities secretary, must decide this week whether to call in one of the most critical decisions in urban planning. Westminster city council wants to allow a “starchitect”, Renzo Piano, to erect a 19-storey glass cube in a conservation area directly overlooking Paddington station.The cube is supposedly an altern