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Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton win battle to stop 29-storey block being built by Thames

The Guardian · · 545 words · By Daniel Lavelle
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“Celebrities including Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger have defeated plans to build a 29-storey tower on the banks of the River Thames.”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Guardian, The Independent, Daily Mail) confirm that Mick Jagger and other celebrities defeated plans for a 29-storey tower on the banks of the Thames.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Bigger Bang was a worldwide concert tour by the Rolling Stones which took place between August 2005 and August 2007, in support of their album A Bigger Bang. At the time, it was the highest-grossing…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bigger_Bang_Tour
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Barnes () is a district in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames in south-west London, England. It is centred 5.8 miles (9.3 km) west south-west of Charing Cross in a bend of the River Thames. It…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barnes,_London
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cheyne Walk is a historic road in Chelsea, London, England, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It runs parallel with the River Thames. Before the construction of Chelsea Embankment reduce…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyne_Walk
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“Jagger, along with fellow rockstar Eric Clapton, actor Felicity Kendal and comic Harry Hill, fought the developer Rockwell Property for two years over its plan to erect a 100-metre tower next to Battersea Bridge.”
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The Guardian, The Independent, and Daily Mail all identify Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Felicity Kendal, and Harry Hill as objectors fighting Rockwell Property over the tower near Battersea Bridge.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of American films released in 1973.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_1973
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of American films released in 1978.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_films_of_1978
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Royal Television Academy Craft & Design Awards, often referred to as RTS Craft & Design Awards, are given annually by the Royal Television Society to recognize the "huge variety of skills and proc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Television_Society_Craft…
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“Jagger, 82, who has lived on the north bank since the early 1960s, as have bandmates Brian Jones and Keith Richards”
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The Guardian and The Standard both report that Jagger (82) has lived on the north bank/Chelsea since the early 1960s, along with Brian Jones and Keith Richards.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lewis Brian Hopkin Jones (28 February 1942 – 3 July 1969) was an English musician and one of the founders of the Rolling Stones. Initially a slide guitarist, he went on to play electric guitar, sing b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Jones
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Jagger–Richards (spelled Jagger–Richard from 1963 to 1978) is the songwriting partnership between English musicians Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (both born 1943), founder members of rock band the Ro…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagger–Richards
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who is an original member, guitarist, secondary vocalist, and co-principal songwriter of the Rolli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Richards
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“Clapton, 81”
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Wikipedia and a dedicated birthday/age source confirm Eric Clapton was born March 30, 1945, making him 81 (as of the current date relative to the evidence).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Derek and the Dominos were an English–American blues rock band formed in the spring of 1970 by singer-guitarist Eric Clapton, keyboardist-singer Bobby Whitlock, bassist Carl Radle and drummer Jim Gord…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_and_the_Dominos
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Eric Patrick Clapton (born 30 March 1945) is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is regarded as one of the most successful and influential guitarists in rock music. Clapton…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The singles discography of Eric Clapton consists of 24 early career singles that Clapton recorded with various groups and singers including The Yardbirds, John Mayall & the Blues Breakers, Cream, John…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Clapton_singles_discograp…
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“Rockwell Property initially proposed building a 34-storey tower with 142 flats, which was later reduced to 110 flats, including 54 affordable homes, along with underground parking and a mix of commercial spaces.”
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The Guardian, Daily Mail, and another news source confirm the initial proposal of a 34-storey tower with 142 flats, later reduced to 110 flats including 54 affordable homes.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daniel Burros (March 5, 1937 – October 31, 1965) was an American neo-Nazi affiliated with several far-right organizations. Burros was once the third highest-ranking member of the American Nazi Party, …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Rockwell International was a major American manufacturing conglomerate. It was involved in aircraft, the space industry, defense and commercial electronics, components in the automotive industry, prin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockwell_International
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Space Shuttle orbiter is the spaceplane component of the Space Shuttle, a partially reusable orbital spacecraft system that was part of the discontinued Space Shuttle program. Operated from 1981 t…
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“Wandsworth council rejected the plans”
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The Guardian and other news reports explicitly state that Wandsworth Council rejected the plans.
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web search NEUTRAL — Council Leader Simon Hogg’s statement about the Glassmill rejection highlights this contradiction. He said: “The committee were unanimous about the harms of a 29-storey tower in this location, in brea…
https://www.cjag.org/2025/04/29/controversial-29-storey-batt…
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web search NEUTRAL — Wandsworth Council unanimously rejected a controversial 28-story riverside tower proposal in Battersea.The proposed height of the tower was decisive in the council’s refusal as well, as it vastly exce…
https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/news/26042025-victory-for-batte…
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web search NEUTRAL — Wandsworth council rejected the plans, citing the project’s “excessive height and scale,” adding that it “would represent an unacceptable and incongruous transformative change within the location that…
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/16/mick-jagger…
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“The Greater London Authority backed the council’s decision.”
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My London reports that the Greater London Authority (GLA) allowed the council's decision to stand, effectively backing the rejection.
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web search NEUTRAL — Wandsworth council rejected the plans, citing the project’s “excessive height and scale,” adding that it “would represent an unacceptable and incongruous transformative change within the location that…
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/16/mick-jagger…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Greater London Authority (GLA) allowed the council's decision to stand the following month, after ruling there were not "sound planning reasons for the Mayor to intervene in this particular case".
https://www.mylondon.news/news/south-london-news/29-storey-b…
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web search NEUTRAL — Wandsworth Council unanimously rejected a controversial 28-story riverside tower proposal in Battersea.The proposed height of the tower was decisive in the council’s refusal as well, as it vastly exce…
https://www.swlondoner.co.uk/news/26042025-victory-for-batte…
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“a planning inspector backed objectors and the council this week by ruling the tower would have an “adverse effects on the character and appearance of the local area” and “be overbearing”.”
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The Guardian, Daily Mail, and another source all quote the planning inspector's ruling that the tower would have 'adverse effects on the character and appearance of the local area' and 'be overbearing'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Rockwell appealed, but got no satisfaction, as a planning inspector backed objectors and the council this week by ruling the tower would have an “adverse effects on the character and appearance of the…
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/may/16/mick-jagger…
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web search NEUTRAL — A planning inspector slapped down Rockwell’s appeal this week, ruling that the “overbearing” tower would have “adverse effects on the character and appearance of the local area”.
https://www.cityam.com/mick-jagger-prevails-in-bid-to-block-…
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web search NEUTRAL — In the ruling Joanna Gilbert said the tower would have 'adverse effects on the character and appearance of the local area' and 'be overbearing'. The inspector said: '[The tower] would be taller and bu…
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15821591/Mick-Jagger-…
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“After an eight-day public hearing, planning inspector Joanna Gilbert said”
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While the Daily Mail mentions Joanna Gilbert in the ruling, the specific detail of an 'eight-day public hearing' is not corroborated across multiple independent sources in the provided evidence, though the inspector's name is confirmed.
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“using the world-renowned architects, Farrells”
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No evidence was provided in the search results regarding the architectural firm 'Farrells' being used for the design.
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