Bye bye telly HQ?
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While you ponder how much you would miss the Robin Hood Gardens estate in Poplar, consider also the well-beloved BBC Television Centre, currently in the middle of its own listing row. While the BBC itself wants to be rid of the iconic but crumbling building, English Heritage has waded in to ask the Government to slap on a Grade II listing to save it from the pervasive and insistent hands of developers.
Once listed, it will require permission from the highest level ie. Cabinet-level to go ahead with demolition. Stringent checks and permissions will be needed to alter brickwork, windows or doors. For property developers wanting to make swish residential and commercial solutions in Wood Lane, this could be what is commonly known as ‘a bummer.’
Read more about the HQ of this evil empire here
