London Mayor calls in blocked 600-bed student scheme

The Mayor of London has ‘called in’ plans to build a 600-room student development in London after it was refused for the second time by Westminster Council’s Planning Committee.
Student developer Unite plans to build the 20-storey student accommodation block on a Travis Perkins builders’ merchant site at Baltic Wharf in Paddington Basin.
The proposal includes a new canal-side path along the Grand Union Canal and a revamped space for Travis Perkins at the ground and lower