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Cabe has withheld its support from Land Securities' and Delancey鈥檚 redevelopment of Clapham Junction, designed by architects ColladoCollins.

The government鈥檚 design watchdog said the scheme, which proposes building two 42-storey towers above the London transport hub, 鈥渄oes not yet provide a convincing proposition鈥�.

In a report revealed this week, Cabe said the towers were 鈥渋nadequately resolved鈥�, and that their design 鈥渢ranslates poorly as an architectural concept鈥�.

An island block and podium on the site came in for further criticism, with Cabe voicing its concerns at the 鈥渓ack of restraint employed on the number of materials and architectural devices used鈥�.

However, Cabe praised the scheme for its 鈥渃lear and integrated approach to sustainability鈥�, welcomed the improvements to the train station, and applauded the 鈥渃larity and comprehensiveness of the planning application material.鈥�

Scheme client Metro Shopping Fund responded to the Cabe report as follows: 鈥淲e welcome Cabe's acknowledgment that our redevelopment plans could be a catalyst for the wider regeneration of the Clapham Junction area and that the station is an appropriate location for tall buildings. The report also recognises that the proposals will provide 'significant and welcome improvements' to the station and that the development achieves 'ambitious targets' for sustainability.

鈥淭he report does raise a number of detailed design issues which we will consider.鈥�

The planning application to redevelop the Clapham Junction area was submitted in September.