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Ballymore pulls docklands tower scheme due to fire safety concerns
Scheme of 52-storeys withdrawn from planning as fears raised over single staircase design
Ballymore has pulled an application for a 52-storey tower block in Tower Hamlets at the last minute after the fire brigade raised concerns about the lack of a second means of escape from the building.
The Anglo-Irish developer confirmed it had withdrawn the application for the Cuba Street scheme, designed by architects Morris + Company and Rolfe Judd, after Tower Hamlets were sent comments on its application yesterday, just before it was due to go to committee.
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