Ministers have confirmed they will call-in plans for the MSG Sphere in Stratford, E15.
The plans for the 300 ft tall, 21,000-capacity venue will now be decided by ministers at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, after they were approved by the planning authority, the London Legacy Development Corporation, but blocked by London mayor Sadiq Khan.
The action us being taken by planning minister Lee Rowley on behalf of Michael Gove.
Sphere Entertainment, a sister company to MSG, suggested it no longer had any interest in building a venue in London despite Gove’s intervention. A spokesperson said: “We cannot continue to participate in a process that can be so easily undermined by political winds.”
