Council demands that three demolished cottages are rebuilt “brick-by-brick”.
Historic cottages said to have been illegally demolished on the Isle of Dogs must be re-built by the owners exactly as they stood before, Tower Hamlets council has ruled.
Enforcement notices have been issued giving the owners 18 months to rebuild the three Victorian properties in the Coldharbour conservation area next to Canary Wharf.
The three mid-19th century cottages at 2-6 East Ferry Road, in the shadow of tower blocks in Marsh Wall, were demolished without planning permission.
The demolition was discovered by Tower Hamlets councillor Peter Golds, whose Isle of Dogs constituency includes East Ferry Road, having warned the town hall three months before that the cottages were being left “in a dilapidated state ready to be bulldozed”.
“It shows that we’re not a pushover for every speculative development that comes forward,” Cllr Golds told the paper.
“The demolition was immoral and illegal. There were no planning applications to demolish the cottages which were listed and protected in a conservation area. Why should anyone have the right to destroy part of London’s heritage?”
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