Government throws out plans for 305-metre Tulip tower in London

Decision welcomed by Historic England, which said building would have been ‘visually intrusive’ and ‘highly incongruous’Controversial plans to build a 305m-high tower in the City of London have been thrown out by the government.The surprise decision, announced by the department for levelling up, housing and communities, ends a long-running saga of contradictory decisions on the fate of the planned tourist attraction – designed by Foster + Partners and called the Tul