I have just spoken to someone called Philip Seeley in the Designation Dept of EH. Apparently a member of the public wrote to EH on 1st March in respect of this asking for urgent consideration of Louise House for listing. The formal decision, as we know, was made on 20th August- by the Secretary of State who was as we also know, in Bejing at the time promoting London 2012. Of course this probably was done by one of her staff in her absence but it does for me pose an interesting question and I would have thought could be potentially embarrassing for Ms T Jowell as it would appear to conflict with the aims and objectives of the 2012 games.

Anyway, the point of all this is that there is an Appeals process. I have asked for the paperwork urgently and propose to start up a separate thread on this point. Clearly submitting an Appeal of any kind will require a bit of work! I am not sure whether the Council are considering such an Appeal as they are best placed to submit one however it may carry more weight if its seen to be done by members of the public.

All may not be yet lost, therefore!