Council orders developer to tear down tower blocks

Developer Comer Homes Group is being ordered to demolish two residential tower blocks in south London following a planning row.
Greenwich Council launched enforcement action this week over Mast Quay Phase II in Woolwich which was completed in late 2022 and now contains residents in the stepped twin towers of 23, 11, nine and and six storeys.
The council claims the build-to-rent development has “26 main deviations to the original planning permission” which was granted in 2012.These in