We’re in the High Court on 15 - 16 October 2024 to challenge Michael Gove’s approval of an ugly slab of offices on London’s South Bank - but we’re still £5,000 short! If you haven't already, please consider donating to our CrowdJustice crowd fundraising page here.

Two days have been set aside following June’s decision of the Honourable Mrs Justice Lang DBE to allow the full case on all the four grounds lodged by campaigners, ruling that the previous Sec of State had a case to answer.

This very prominent South Bank site could include around 200 homes simply by refurbishing the existing tower, leaving most of the site available for offices, and saving up to 50,000 tonnes in carbon emissions - the equivalent of driving around the world 10,000 times!

The two proposed towers of ‘the Slab’ would be visible from Westminster to St Paul’s, which Mr Gove admitted would harm the setting of many listed buildings - but he failed to provide adequate reasons why this was acceptable, which is the first ground of our legal challenge. Mr Gove also failed to understand the policy requirement to deliver housing, and the need to consider whether the existing tower could be retained for residential uses whilst reducing carbon emissions. Our fourth ground is Mr Gove’s bizarre interpretation of tall buildings.

We’re hopeful that the High Court will quash Mr Gove’s decision and pass it to the new government, whose priorities include housing and reducing carbon emissions. We’ve raised £15,000, but we need the final £5,000 to get us over the line. 

That’s why we have two asks of you:

1. We would be incredibly grateful if you could continue to donate to help us reach our £20,000 target to cover the cost of going to court.

2. Share our CrowdJustice crowd funding page far and wide to help us drum up more support across all the people who care as passionately as us about the future of London’s South Bank.

Thank you for your continuing support.

SOS Save Our South Bank action group