Controversial London development The Slab has been officially approved

Michael Gove himself had reservations about the development, which he found to be unattractive and imposing, but approved it in 2023 anyway. Justice Mould upheld the approval on the basis that it was Gove's decision to make.

Now, The Slab has been given the green light after the high court upheld a decision by the former communities secretary Michael Gove to approve the development. The legal challenge by Save Our South Bank was dismissed by the judge Justice Mould.

'This judgment is a huge disappointment for anyone who loves the River Thames and South Bank,' said Michael Ball, of Save Our South Bank. 'It supports Michael Gove's wayward approval of a building about which he had great misgivings and acknowledged would harm a string of buildings of national prominence.'

Read at Time Out London