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🚨Breaking news: Network Rail's plans for Liverpool St station have been approved by City of London councillors by 19 votes to 3.

See our statement below.

SAVE urges rethink of destructive Liverpool Street Station plans - SAVE Britain's Heritage SAVE Britain's Heritage has been campaigning for historic buildings since its formation in 1975 by a group of architectural historians, journalists and planners. SAVE is a strong, independent voice in...

⏳This afternoon the City of London will decide on the future of Liverpool Street station.

We’ve written to all councillors involved in the decision, urging them to defer the heavy-handed plans and consider a light-touch solution instead✍

Find out more: bit.ly/4a9yGtF

For 35 years, our friends at @c20society.bsky.social and Historic England have recommended listing the buildings on six separate occasions - advice declined by successive governments.

Today’s decision brings one of the UK’s longest-running architectural heritage battles to an end 👏

📌Object here www.planning2.cityoflondon.gov.uk/online-appli...

Record response to Network Rail’s Liverpool Street overhaul as number of people opposing or supporting plan nears 5,000 Controversial scheme due to be heard by City's plannning committee tomorrow afternoon

🚨Record response to our campaign for Liverpool Street station.

🙏Thank you to all that have objected so far. Today is the last day to have your say

www.building.co.uk/news/record-...

🗞️Breaking! SAVE submits JMP alternative vision for Liverpool Street Station to the City of London.
💬SAVE's director, Henrietta Billings said: "This is a signal of our intent and our belief in this alternative vision."

Find out more @news.architectsjournal.co.uk
bit.ly/4byRALw

Big names sign letter to Times urging City to pause Liverpool St Station plans - SAVE Britain's Heritage SAVE Britain's Heritage has been campaigning for historic buildings since its formation in 1975 by a group of architectural historians, journalists and planners. SAVE is a strong, independent voice in...

✨We've rallied more than a dozen leading figures in the arts, heritage, urbanism and sustainability for a joint letter to The Times urging the City of London to pause the planning process at Liverpool Street Station: www.savebritainsheritage.org/news/big-nam...

Former RIBA president backs rival McAslan scheme for Liverpool Street station revamp ahead of crucial planning meeting next week City of London due to consider controversial Network Rail plan next Tuesday

Another notable voice gets behind our campaign 💪
www.building.co.uk/news/former-...

✨Our Director Henrietta Billings, has written a thoughtful piece for @thegentleauthor.bsky.social on plans for Liverpool St Station, showing how we can protect the Victorian heritage alongside essential accessibility upgrades.

Read here➡️https://spitalfieldslife.com/2026/01/30/liverpool-st-station/

Still time to object! Deadline looms for objections to controversial proposals. - SAVE Britain's Heritage SAVE Britain's Heritage has been campaigning for historic buildings since its formation in 1975 by a group of architectural historians, journalists and planners. SAVE is a strong, independent voice in...

Click here to find out how you can object to these plans👉
bit.ly/4r88BBj

'Decade of chaos' alert as Liverpool St station scheme set for approval City Corporation sets February date for planning decision as campaigners warn UK’s busiest train station will be construction site for seven years

'Decade of chaos' The London Standard reports on plans for Liverpool Street station.

⚠️Platforms 1 and 2 closed for two years, or longer
⚠️Greater overcrowding for Overground passengers at rush hour
⚠️Changes to entrances and routes

www.standard.co.uk/news/transpo...

⁉️Why indeed!? Great contribution to the debate on reuse.

Britain's towns and cities are full of interesting, vacant buildings rich in history and character❤️‍🩹

Let's find new purpose for these historic spaces and breathe life back into our communities 🔁

'Crown jewel' of Bradford city centre up for £500,000 at auction with 2121 lease A historic building in Bradford city centre is to go under the hammer for £500,000 and includes a long-dated lease until 2121.

🛍️The Grade 1 listed Wool Exchange in Bradford, yours for only half a million £££

www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/2578644...

Network Rail should pay heed to John McAslan’s light-touch Liverpool Street station redevelopment plan It has been arguably the most chaotic development process of any major project in the UK over the past decade but the latest proposals could well be the best way forward for Network Rail

'Network Rail should pay heed to John McAslan’s light-touch Liverpool Street station redevelopment plan' -

🎯We couldn't agree more @bdonline.bsky.social

www.bdonline.co.uk/opinion/netw...

The battle over ‘mad’ plans to redevelop Liverpool Street station Tensions are rising between Network Rail and campaigners over Britain’s busiest railway

The battle over ‘mad’ plans to redevelop Liverpool Street station🚂

👏Thanks @telegraph.co.uk for highlighting our meeting this week on the future of Liverpool Street Station.

📢"The City of London deserves better than this current scheme" - Griff Rhys Jones.

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

🎤What can you do to stop Network Rail's plans for years of disruption at Liverpool Street Station? You can object!

👏Well said, Griff Rhys Jones! There's still time to make your voice heard ✍️

🔎There is an alternative! Read more on our website: bit.ly/45Zb0p1

#LiverpoolStreetStation

Saving Country Houses with Penelope Keith Penelope follows country house owners as they strive to keep their historic homes intact

🧐We know a thing or two about saving country houses.

📺Lovely to see one our former campaigns Petworth House
featured on the show from @channel4tv.bsky.social

www.channel4.com/programmes/s...

🚨BREAKING NEWS: Following public pressure, Canterbury City Council has confirmed that no further historic lampposts will be removed while options are reviewed.

More here: t.co/YF2EK8UFUl

With big thanks to our collaborators incl:
@nudgecommunity.bsky.social
@archifringe.bsky.social
The Norwich Society
Sheffield Historic Bdgs Trust
V&A Museum
Kevin McCloud
New Future
Friends of the Pipe Factory
+ sponsors
Selectaglaze
Urban Space Management
Castree
Butress
PickEverard
Drygate

From Glasgow to Plymouth, Yorkshire to E Anglia, we've spent our 50th year travelling the country, collaborating with brilliant local groups & celebrating remarkable buildings🏛️

We've had a blast. We hope you have too. Here's to the next 50!🙂

#buildings #history #architecture #heritage #SAVEtoreuse

Thank you for coming! A Merry Christmas to you! ✨

Historic Llwyngwair farm buildings to be saved from decay PLANS to bring at-risk historic Pembrokeshire buildings, one of which may once have housed otter hounds for a nearby mansion, back to use as homes have been given the go-ahead. In an application recom...

⚽Great save!

🌾🏡 Neglected rural buildings in Pembrokeshire, once the coach houses and stables of a grand estate, are finally getting a second life. The buildings, two of which are grade II listed, will be sensitively restored as new homes.

pembrokeshire-herald.com/128423/histo...

Bar-L’ joins the A list | Historic Environment Scotland Late 19th and early 20th century phases of historic Glasgow prison are listed at Category A

👏SAVE welcomes listing of Glasgow's HMP Barlinnie at Category A, the highest status for Scottish listed buildings.

📋We backed local MSP Paul Sweeney's bid for the Victorian landmark, now recognised as one of the "country’s most significant structures". www.historicenvironment.scot/about-us/new...

🚂SAVE first flagged Gosport Station as an risk in our 1979 publication 'Off the Rails'.

This grade II*-listed former station was converted into housing in an award-winning scheme.

➡️Read our latest piece on what’s next for our railway heritage
bit.ly/4lxYlyu

Thanks so much for coming!

BREAKING: A fresh approach to upgrading Liverpool St Stn unveiled today.

We welcome John McAslan + Partners ‘valuable contribution’ to debate on changes at UK’s busiest station. It shows how upgrades could be achieved without disruption to passengers.

Learn more👉 bit.ly/4lxYlyu

ONLINE - SAVE at 50! Reinventing Buildings: A manifesto for the imagination Join us ONLINE for our annual lecture at the V&A with Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud on reimagining how we value and protect places.

⏰ Only a week to go until our 50th anniversary lecture at the V&A with Kevin McCloud.

All in-person tickets are now SOLD OUT but you can still attend via live-stream online.

Get your tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-sav...

📸Peter Durant, MJP Architects

GOOD NEWS // One of the most memorable & theatrical spaces on the #Tube has been saved!

We’re delighted #Southwark Station has been nationally recognised with grade II listing by Historic England for its architectural & historic importance😍

👉https://bit.ly/43lrAyo

#architecture #design #stations