I was hardly architecture but corruption, how much was paid to get the permission to build in view of the fact that for years all applications to build had been denied because of the area´s protected status?
Anyway it became a big scandal against the Conservative government which lost the next election.
That High-rise does seem out of place with the general height requirements, maybe something crooked had to do with that also.
I was born in the city of Hull, in Yorkshire, which is the biggest county in England. Many of you will remember the BBC production of "All things bright and Beautiful," and "All creatures great and small," written by James Herriot a Yorkshire vet.
It must be terribly difficult to uphold preservation laws with populations and commerce escalating like that. It has a lot going against it.