Press cuttings
Press cuttings
31 July 2026
BBC London News
Save Brick Lane campaigners respond to the decision to approve the planning applications
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MyLondon
'Deeply disappointing': Data centre will be built in Brick Lane despite local outcry
Nick Clark
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/deeply-disappointing-data-centre-built-34381802
Asian Standard
Save Brick Lane campaign fails to stop office and data centre plans
Nick Clark
https://www.asianstandard.co.uk/save-brick-lane-campaign-fails-to-stop-office-and-data-centre-plans/
Standard
Brick Lane data centre go-ahead: Campaigners 'deeply disappointed' as ministers approve controversial plans
We Fight the Good Fight
Rayner approves Brick Lane Data Centre
https://wefightthegoodfight.substack.com/p/rayner-approves-brick-lane-data-centre
Conserve Connect
Truman Brewery Approved: What Legal Questions Now Arise?
BBC
Controversial Brick Lane development plans approved
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gk8dgnxdko
Metro
Brick Lane to lose some of iconic brewery so bankers next door can get better internet
20 July 2026
Daily Mail
Britain's data centre invasion: Humming warehouses which dwarf the countryside use enough energy to power 10,000 homes and draw on water supplies...and one could be coming next door to you
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19 July 2026
The Independent
‘Brick Lane is for humans, not machines’: Inside the fight against plans for data centre in east London
7 July 2026
The Guardian
Curry, beigels … and AI? Londoners fight plan for huge datacentre in Brick Lane
Mathew Taylor
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/jul/07/london-campaign-planned-ai-datacentre-brick-lane
22 June 2026
Telegraph
The East End is at war over a data centre
Pui-Guan Man
[ pdf ]
11 June 2026
ITV London News
https://youtu.be/mXPpfg5KX4I?si=kNOFcDs6f7y694m8
Bricks vs Bytes - Brick Lane's battle: homes or data centres
10 June 2026
The Debate: Should we build a data centre on Brick Lane?
https://www.cityam.com/the-debate-should-we-build-a-data-centre-on-brick-lane/
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8 June 2026
The Londoner
Data centre doom comes to Brick Lane
https://www.the-londoner.co.uk/data-centre-doom-comes-to-brick-lane/
6 June 2026
Socialist Worker
East London fight against data centre brewing on Brick Lane
Camilla Royle
https://socialistworker.co.uk/news/fight-against-destructive-data-centre-brewing-in-east-london/
5 June 2026
The Slice
Protesters call for homes, not a data centre, on contested Brick Lane site
Nick Clark
20 January 2026
Data Centre Dynamics
Anger over plans for data center at Truman Brewery in London's Brick Lane
Matthew Gooding
15 January 2026
Standard
The bitter battle over the future of Truman Brewery
Jonathan Prynn
https://www.standard.co.uk/business/truman-brewery-tower-hamlets-development-b1267048.html
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7 January 2026
Financial Times
Data centre plan provokes anger over future of former Truman Brewery
Josh Gabert-Doyon and Amy Borrett
https://www.ft.com/content/836e66f9-ba71-41f0-988a-61350f433c23
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16 October 2025
Standard
Planning inquiry under way over controversial Brick Lane developments
NickClark
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/planning-inquiry-brick-lane-truman-brewery-b1253118.html
8 September 2025
My London
Save Brick lane Campaign launched
Nick Clark
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/save-brick-lane-campaign-launched-32434769
4 September 2025
East London Advertiser
Campaigners raising £20K ahead of planning inquiry
2 September 2025
Potrika
Britain/s leading Bengali newspaper
1 August 2025
The Slice Whitechapel
Council votes to oppose Truman Brewery redevelopments
Nick Clark
https://whitechapellondon.co.uk/council-votes-against-truman-brewery-redevelopments-august-2025/
19-22 July 2025 (following press conference on 18 July 2025)
The Daily Sylheter Dak
https://sylheterdak.com.bd/2025/07/96491/
The Editor 24
https://www.tiktok.com/@theeditor24uk/video/7529586435146566934
Fazul Miah
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdmnGfCF/
London Bangla Voice
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2644558585891525&rdid=dtxuuyZozsMxavWu
Sunrise Today
Protect Brick Lane: on 31st July say No to Corporate Takeover by Truman Brewery
https://www.tiktok.com/@thesunrisetoday/video/7528591005738618134
https://www.tiktok.com/@thesunrisetoday/video/7528746049092029718
https://www.tiktok.com/@thesunrisetoday/video/7529058211693874454
Faysal_Freegaza
https://www.tiktok.com/@faysal_freegaza/video/7528562072867769623
LB24
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?mibextid=wwXIfr&v=732971006135954&rdid=rzZJzlUZvbNfHtGP
13 December 2024
NELondoner
Save Brick Lane exhibition latest chapter in opposition to controversial developments
Aaron Edwards
26 November 2024
Whitechapel LDN / The Slice
Truman Brewery v Save Brick Lane: What you need to know about the campaign to save the East End as we know it
Agatha Scaggiante
https://whitechapellondon.co.uk/save-brick-lane-campaign-regroups-against-truman-brewery-new-plans/
18 November
MyLondon
Life on 'dying' Brick Lane where shop owners are convinced they will be replaced by supermarkets
Katherine Gray
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/life-dying-brick-lane-shop-30373927
16 November 2024
MyLondon
‘I’ve owned my independent leather shop on Brick Lane for nearly 50 years - we might not make it to 60’
Brick Lane will soon look more like Covent Garden, says Mr Ahmed
Katherine Gray
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/ive-owned-independent-leather-shop-30356902
13 November 2024
London Review of Books
Building without end
Anna Aslanyan
https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/november/building-without-end
15 October 2024
hyphen
What’s happened in Brick Lane surpasses gentrification
Samira Shackle
https://hyphenonline.com/2024/10/15/whats-happened-in-brick-lane-surpasses-gentrification/
30 September 2024
Building
Not in My Brick Lane: Truman Brewery’s uphill struggle to win support for development plans
26 June 23
WhitechapelLDN / The Slice
The Truman Brewery development: The community reaches boiling point
Cormac Kehoe
23 June 23
London Spy
The battle for Brick Lane: Will this new build end Banglatown?
Alex Clark <alex@thelondonspy.co.uk>
https://www.thelondonspy.co.uk/p/the-battle-for-brick-lane-will-this
15 June 2023
DJMag
Save Brick Lane fundraiser event
https://djmag.com/news/daytimers-manara-tara-lily-more-announced-save-brick-lane-fundraiser-event
3 April 2022
Independent
Cynical councils are using ‘artwashing’ as a tactic – and we’re all falling for it
Tasnima Uddin
https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/councils-artwashing-tower-hamlets-gentrification-b2047221.html
3 March 2022
MyLondon
'They've already taken Aldgate': London's Bangladeshi community fighting to save Brick Lane from gentrification
Unzela Khan unzela.khan@reachplc.com
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/theyve-already-taken-aldgate-londons-23262788
2 March 2022
MyLondon
London's legendary Brick Lane could be 'saved' by plan to appeal controversial shopping mall
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/londons-legendary-brick-lane-could-23254429
Alastair Lockhart Alastair.lockhart@reachplc.com
6 December 2021
Deciliiter.com
“In London’s Brick Lane, aboriginal residents revolt against gentrification”
https://deciliiter.com/in-londons-brick-lane-aboriginal-residents-revolt-against-gentrification/
15 October 2021
Bricks
THE BATTLE FOR BRICK LANE: A HISTORY OF RESISTANCE
Talia Woodin talia.woodin@gmail.com
https://bricksmagazine.co.uk/2021/10/15/battle-for-brick-lane-history-of-resistance/
4 October 2021
MyLondon
The two men who voted to 'decimate' Brick Lane by backing new 'shopping centre'
Alastair Lockhart Alastair.lockhart@reachplc.com
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/two-men-who-voted-decimate-21739248
22 September 2021
Tribune
The Truman Brewery Development Will Kill Brick Lane
Suresh Singh sureshkaulsingh@gmail.com
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/09/the-truman-brewery-development-will-kill-brick-lane
MyLondon
Brick Lane plans attracted thousands of complaints but most weren't from locals
Alastair Lockhart Alastair.lockhart@reachplc.com
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/brick-lane-plans-attracted-thousands-21641145
21 September 2021
London World
Brick Lane: Campaigners concerned Truman Brewery development will alter character of London street
Lynn Rusk
20 September 2021
The Critic
The bludgeoning of Brick Lane
Brice Stratford
https://thecritic.co.uk/the-bludgeoning-of-brick-lane/
MyLondon
Bengali Brick Lane residents 'not going down without a fight' in battle against development
Sam Ormiston sam.ormiston@reachplc.com
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/bengali-brick-lane-residents-not-21616993
19 September 2021
The Observer
Huguenots, Jews, Bengalis … now developers size up London’s Brick Lane
Harriet Sherwood harriet.sherwood@guardian.com harriet.sherwood@observer.co.uk
17 September 2021
Al Jazeera
Despite fierce resistance, Brick Lane redevelopment plan moves on
Edna Mohamed
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/17/controversial-brick-lane-redevelopment-plans-meet-mixed-response
16 September 2021
Metro
Londoners fight plans for ‘soulless’ new shopping mall in iconic Brick Lane
Gergana Krasteva
ITV News
Brick Lane residents and business owners urge council to reverse its decision approving the redevelopment at Truman Brewery site.
15 September 2021
BBC London - Evening News
Save Brick Lane - featuring Azmal (Preem) and Jamal (Taj)
The Guardian
Old Truman Brewery in London to become office and shopping complex
Damien Gayle
The Guardian view on cities: develop with care
London politicians talk about creating ‘high streets for all’. The fate of two unique places will show whether they mean it
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/sep/15/the-guardian-view-on-cities-develop-with-care
New Statesman
Will redeveloping the Old Truman Brewery change Shoreditch forever?
Emma Haslett editorial@newstatesman.co.uk emma.haslett@newstatesman.co.uk
Architects Journal
Buckley Gray Yeoman wins planning for controversial office on Brick Lane’s Truman Brewery site
Building Design
Council approves controversial Brick Lane development
MyLondon
Outrage as it is confirmed 'shopping mall full of High Street names' can be built on London’s legendary Brick Lane
Ella Doyle
Evening Standard
Tower Hamlets votes for controversial ‘shopping centre’ on Brick Lane
Laura Sharman news@standard.co.uk citydesk@standard.co.uk
BBC News (website)
Brick Lane: Controversial development plans approved
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-58540129
14 September 2021
BBC London - Lunchtime News
Save Brick Lane - featuring the march
Greg McKenzie <Greg.McKenzie@bbc.co.uk> Hilary Dunn <hilary.dunn@bbc.co.uk>
East London Advertiser
Truman's Brewery future being debated at Tower Hamlets Council
Mike Brooke mike.brooke@archant.co.uk
https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-council/trumans-planning-debate-8324608
21 July 2021
DJK Kye Youtube channel
The Gentrification Of Brick Lane l How Transparent Is Our History?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23eClegnzKY
Counterfire
This is profit before people: campaigning to save Brick Lane
Carole Vincent
20 July 2021
Meridian
https://meridian-magazine.com/savebricklane/
18 July 2021
East London Advertiser
TV's Dan Cruickshank in 'last stand' to stop Truman office block plan
Mike Brooke
https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/local-council/truman-brewery-plan-protest-march-8155340
18 July 2021
East London Advertiser
Gentrification could risk damaging what makes Shoreditch special, fears Hackney artist
Alastair Lockhart
https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/shoreditch-and-brick-lane-gentrification-8153186
Hackney Gazette
https://www.hackneygazette.co.uk/news/shoreditch-and-brick-lane-gentrification-8153186
MyLondon
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/shoreditch-how-one-londons-most-21069280
14 July 2021
East London Advertiser
Protest in Brick Lane planned over Truman Brewery scheme
Mike Brooke
https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/protest-over-truman-brewery-scheme-8145930
4 July 2021
Cultureuniverse - youtube
Save Brick Lane protest
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oQsRh1aMyw
30 June 2021
BBC Radio London Vanessa Feltz
Save Brick Lane
Greg McKenzie
24 June 2021
Whitechapel London
Whitechapel locals march to ‘Save Brick Lane’
Albert Toth
https://whitechapellondon.co.uk/campaign-save-brick-lane-against-truman-brewery/
18 June 2021
GoodLuckNabs - youtube
Save Bricklane Protest 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu45Oc3gRx4
14 June 2021
Sptialfields Life
The Save Brick Lane Protest
The Gentle Author
https://spitalfieldslife.com/2021/06/14/the-save-brick-lane-march/
10 June 2021
Save Brick Lane from Social Cleansing
Dr Fatima Rajina
https://www.amaliah.com/post/62488/save-brick-lane-campaign
30 May 2021
Charles Saumarez Smith
Save Brick Lane
https://charlessaumarezsmith.com/2021/05/30/save-brick-lane-2/
26 May 2021
Eastern Eye
Brick Lane’s curry eateries seek funds to stay afloat
Nadeem Badshah
https://www.easterneye.biz/brick-lanes-curry-eateries-seek-funds-to-stay-afloat/
23 April 2021
Tribune
The Battle For Brick Lane
Taj Ali
https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/04/the-battle-for-brick-lane/
22 April 2021
GQ
The battle for Brick Lane's curry houses goes to the heart of British-Bangladeshi identity
https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/politics/article/brick-lane-curry-houses-bangladeshi
4 March 2021
MyLondon.news
The battle to stop Brick Lane 'being gobbled up by the City of London and its ugly glass blocks'
Remmul Balla
https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/battle-stop-brick-lane-being-19697359
3 March 2021
Cherwell
Banglatown: why Brick Lane cannot fall victim to the gentrification of East London
Zara Arif explores the history and importance of a Bangladeshi hub in East London.
12 February 2021
East London Lines
Petition to save Brick Lane bricks launched
Anurag Tagat
https://www.eastlondonlines.co.uk/2012/02/petition-to-save-the-brick-lane-bricks-launched-by-locals/
17 December 2020
#SaveBrickLane: Why East London’s historic Bangladeshi communities are under attack
Tasnima Uddin
https://gal-dem.com/save-brick-lane/
13 December 2020
Inspiring City
Save Brick Lane Campaign Launches on Princelet Street
https://inspiringcity.com/2020/12/13/save-brick-lane-campaign-launches-on-princelet-street/
23 June 2020
Last Chance to Save Brick Lane!
Puru Miah (Blog)
https://www.purumiah.com/last-chance-to-save-brick-lane/
12 June 2020
Spitalfields LIfe,
Trouble at the Truman Brewery
The Gentle Author
https://spitalfieldslife.com/2020/06/12/trouble-at-the-truman-brewery/
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