Watkin Jones’ student towers handed symbolic refusal by Wandsworth Council as scheme heads to appeal

Howells Nine Elms 2

Watkin Jones requests public inquiry into 762-bed Nine Elms development close to Battersea Power Station

Wandsworth council has nominally refused planning permission for a three-tower student accommodation scheme designed by Howells three weeks after it went to appeal.

The Battersea Park Road scheme was given five vote votes for refusal, one for approval and three abstentions at a committee meeting last week despite a recommendation from planning officers to approve the application.

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