The £49m regeneration of Swiss Cottage in north London is to go ahead, having been delayed for a year by a legal challenge from local opponents of the scheme.
Last Wednesday, the protesters were denied legal aid by the Legal Services Commission, so putting an end to their plan to take their case to the Court of Appeal.
A consortium headed by developer Dawnay Day and housebuilder Barratt will begin work on the mixed-use leisure and housing scheme, designed by Terry Farrell & Partners, in April.
A local pressure group, the Friends of Swiss Cottage, had claimed that the development would result in a reduction in leisure facilities.
The Friends sought a judicial review of Camden council’s approval of the scheme, but a court ruled against them.
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