Couple awarded £500,000 after luxury tower blocked light to their South Bank flat

Couple awarded £500,000 after luxury tower blocked light to their South Bank flat

A retired couple who sued developers after a 17-storey £35m office tower next to their home blocked their light, making it hard for them to read in bed, have been handed a £500,000 payout by a judge.Stephen and Jennifer Powell complained that the Arbor tower, part of the £2bn Bankside Yards development, "substantially" reduced the natural light getting into their 6th floor apartment in the designer block Bankside Lofts next door on London's South Bank.


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Uploaded: 2025-07-11

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