In the political ethics of eyesores a lumpen London office block trumps clean energy | Rowan Moore

In the political ethics of eyesores a lumpen London office block trumps clean energy | Rowan Moore

The government deems a solar array’s ‘visual harm’ outweighs its economic benefits, with the Mitsubishi tower it’s the reverse

Last week the government decided to refuse planning permission for a solar farm in Northamptonshire.

This is the same government that last month, possibly encouraged by a letter from the developers Mitsubishi to Rishi Sunak, approved 72 Upper Ground, a prominent, lumpen office block on the South Bank in London.

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