Light-blocking 35m office tower could face demolition ME] SB) FE Wak)

A retired couple who say a 19-storey office tower is blocking the light in their 1m apartment next to the Thames are suing ina case that could see the 35m building demolished.

- RICHARD GITTINS

Stephen and Jennifer Powell are complaining that the Arbor tower, part of the 2bn Bankside Yards development, is reducing the natural light getting into their sixth-floor apartment in South Bank designer block Bankside Lofts and making it hard for them to read in bed.

The development is set to consist of eight towers, including “mega-structures” 50 storeys high, with Arbor being the first and so far only building completed between 2019 and September 2021.