Controversial plans push on for massive office block above Liverpool Street station

After months of consultations, the formal planning application has been filed for a massive office block to be built above Liverpool Street station.
The view along Liverpool Street (c) Sellar / Herzog & de Meuron
In an area dominated by tall slender buildings, the proposal is a huge groundscraper of a building, albeit one raised several stories above the ground and plonked rather awkwardly above the surrounding architecture.
The argument put forward by the developer is that Liverpool Street