City skyscraper planning approval

Developers, Mitsubishi Estate London and Stanhope, have submitted plans to add 10 more floors to an existing City of London skyscraper at 150 Leadenhall Street.  Planning approval has been given which will see the 50-storey tower measure 221 meters high.   The extended tower, which has been designed by WilkinsonEyre, will still consist of three rotated blocks and will sit next to the Chesegrater. The total space will be 570,000 sq ft making it a London landmark.