Today’s image is a composite of an image I made today along with an image from the Bank Holiday of Terminus House in Harlow…in fact, you get two images – the second, a more straight forward black and white rendition of the same image.
The building was originally a brutalist office block but was converted into dwelling flats in an ill conceived move by the government under their Permitted Development Rights (PDR) which allows developers to bypass community consultation, bypass planning standards, and allow them to build homes without contributing to local needs . You can read more from The Guardian here.
You can also take a look into one of these flats here:
This is what it’s like inside Terminus House, Harlow’s infamous PDR housing. This is what ‘cutting red planning tape’ actually looks like. This is @BorisJohnson #buildingbeautiful #buildbuildbuild #buildingbackbetter Film by @caulibroc (original link unavailable) Full doc here: https://t.co/uCvtierZdk pic.twitter.com/AGrEyTdHMs
— Christine Murray (@tcmurray) June 30, 2020
If you want to learn more about this development details are contained in this short documentary: