News has come through that Historic England has considered the representations made and concluded that the Powergen building does NOT qualify for listed status.
Julian says:
This is a victory for the people of Shirley, who will finally be able to see the eyesore gone. I am quite frankly amazed that anyone considered this monstrosity worthy of ‘Special Architectural or Historic Interest’ in the first place. It is a blot on the landscape, blocks footfall to the shops up the Stratford Road, is a visual and psychological barrier to regeneration and I could not be happier that it is going.