Replacing old ITV Studios building ‘just greedy’, inquiry hears

Plans to redevelop 72 Upper Ground ignore material and climate impact, detractors say

Developers have been urged to stop demolishing youthful concrete towers at whim" on the opening day of a planning inquiry which will examine plans to replace ITV's former headquarters on London's South Bank with a 400m office complex.

Objectors say the plans for 72 Upper Ground, nicknamed the Slab", will generate more carbon emissions in its construction than if the 4,000 officer workers it is designed to house were to drive in from Surrey for 30 years.