PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Westferry Printworks: Planning Permission (10 July 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he commissioned an updated Viability Assessment for the Westferry Printworks proposal before his decision to grant planning permission in January 2020.

Asked by:
Apsana Begum (Independent)

Decisions on called in applications and recovered appeals are made on the basis of evidence submitted by parties, and the report and recommendation of the planning Inspector. In this case, the viability assessment undertaken by the appellant was the subject of evidence given by parties to the inquiry. Viability is considered in detail in the Inspector’s report.

Answered by:
Christopher Pincher (Independent)
15 July 2020