This glass ‘thing’ looks to have been modelled on the dystopian nightmare of the ‘Blade Runner’ (film) set… it completely envelopes the station, clashed with its Victorian intricates and grandeur, thereby removing so much of the area’s architectural heritage and lineage.

As a regular user of the station for half a century (58yrs) it further perpetuates the commercialisation of the station which presently sacrifices the fast efficient movement of travellers for the retail footfall that they seemingly provide. The station concourse is utterly chaotic at peak times, so much so one wonders about the safety aspects of evacuating these vast numbers of people if there was an emergency situation. Have the Developers forgotten 7/7 this monsterous carbuncle would be a prime target, all that glass is weaponised and then becomes shrapnel?

I object strongly to this appalling, inappropriate and unnecessary application which would substantially harm the existing significant architectural and functional features of Liverpool St station. The development is against the National Planning Policy Framework paragraph NPPF 213 which states: “Substantial harm to or loss of: a) grade II listed buildings, or grade II registered parks or gardens, should be exceptional.”

The scheme would cause substantial harm to the Bishopsgate Conservation Area by imposing a tall building in an area characterised by low-and medium-scale buildings – in other words it is completely inappropriate to the area. This is contrary to the 2015 City Plan which requires the refusal of planning permission for tall buildings in inappropriate areas, such as in Conservation Areas and the St. Paul’s Cathedral Heights area. In addition, the scheme would affect the setting of numerous designated and undesignated heritage assets in the City and beyond, such as many of the Grade I-listed Christopher Wren City churches and nearby St Botolph’s church.

London is being wrecked by far too many high-rise developments, and it has become a free-for-all where almost anything is now approved regardless of sympathy with existing structures and communities. There is no regard to architectural beauty – this scheme is just a large cuboid block with no artistic merit.

Building by building, older and beautiful sites in London are being destroyed and replaced with soul-less monstrosities that break the essential connection between people and their surroundings through excessive scale and ugly design.

I have just posted my objection. Thank you for drawing ‘our’ attention to it.

I just cannot see why more office space is needed. There are already empty offices all over London – and how many retail units are already sitting empty in that area alone.

I am no expert, but I wonder if it is worth posting this on one of the petition sites? Change.org etc etc, to widen the message.

Just whilst writing, the whole proceedure seems to be designed to discourage people from objecting – the langauage in that ‘Planning Proposal’ is so dense. I am all for nuance, current populism wants to dumb everything down to simple solutions, but it does seem to me that the Planning Proposal requires those who object to be ‘expert’ in planning law, and therefore – but for the very helpful objections outlined in the email I was sent – reducing the potential number of people who might object, just on the basis that it is ugly and we don’t need it, which while simplistic are valid.

Thanks for drawing my attention to this.

Martin