Capco insists scheme is 鈥渨ell underway鈥�
Labour鈥檚 Sadiq Khan has pledged to review the Earl鈥檚 Court masterplan if elected mayor of London in May.
A spokesperson for Khan said: 鈥淪adiq will review the Earl鈥檚 Court Masterplan as he has serious reservations about the overall direction the scheme is taking.鈥�
It is believed that the development鈥檚 amount of affordable housing is the main reservation behind Khan鈥檚 pledge and he has previously been critical of the 拢12bn scheme鈥檚 11% of affordable housing and lack of social housing within its 7,500 homes.
A spokesperson for Earls Court developer Capco said the masterplan was 鈥渨ell underway鈥� and progressing well.
The masterplan received formal planning consent in late 2012 and the spokesperson said the plans were 鈥渂eing implemented, with binding land agreements in place鈥�, while works on the joint venture with TfL for part of the scheme were also 鈥渁dvancing to enable future development鈥�.
The spokesperson added that the partnership would be happy to discuss with the next mayor how its masterplan could be 鈥渆nhanced鈥�.
A source close to the project suggested Khan鈥檚 words were pure 鈥渆lectioneering鈥� as the race to City Hall hots up ahead of May鈥檚 election.
A petition on Change.org calling on the next mayor to review the Earl鈥檚 Court Masterplan has received over 7,000 signatures.
Other mayoral candidates to said to be prepared to reconsidered the masterplan are the Lib Dems Caroline Pidgeon, Sian Berry for the Green Party and George Galloway from the Respect party.
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