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Planning foul up scuppers tower

Friday, 29 November 2024 06:30

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A planning snafu means a block of luxury apartments will not now be built – but students will get new accommodation.

Authorities in Winterthur gave the go ahead more than ten years ago to a 60-metre-high apartment building. However, when construction was underway, somebody spotted that it was too close to the nearby Hegmatten Airfield and a 60-metre-high building would block the approach path. 

It means it can’t be more than 40 metres high.

Now, what was supposed to be a luxury development, will be turned into student accommodation.

The landowner, the Swiss Life insurance company, is not commenting on how much money it may have lost on the project.

 

 

 

 

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