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Iconic Grade II-listed Truman chimney dominates Brick Lane. its future now up in the air
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Controversial plans for the future of Brick Lane s famous Old Truman Brewery have been put back after Tower Hamlets Council members were unhappy with the owners assurances about protecting community interests.
The planning application heard at the council s development committee tonight (April 27) will now be re-examined.
Town hall planning officers will hold further talks with the Zeloof family, who have owned the Spitalfields complex for 26 years since its closure as the world s biggest brewery, first established in 1666.
The owners want to put up a five-storey commercial building on the corner of Woodseer Street at the south end of the site, but councillors tonight felt this would impact badly on families in the terrace of houses along the narrow turning.