Object
The New Museums Site Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
Representation ID: 30713
Received: 02/09/2015
Respondent: Prof Wilson Poon
Representation Summary:
Paragraph suggests that the development merely destroys an 'almost blank and very plain back wall of the [old] Cavendish Laboratory'. But on the other side is an ivy-covered frontage that is undoubtedly one of the world's most iconic scientific buildings. It is unclear how nearby buildings will be affected, notably the Mond Laboratory. Destroying this heritage is vandalism on a par with what ISIS is doing elsewhere right now. As a senior academic, I understand the need for space. But it should be possible to satisfy these needs without irreparably damaging the integrity of one of the top 10 historic scientific sites in the world.
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