§ Sir A. FELLasked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture if houses are threatened to be erected in Regent Street of eight storeys in height in place of the present buildings of four or five storeys; if his attention has been called to the building erected on No. 133, and to the shadow which it casts across the street; and if he is aware that at noon on the 4th of March the shade cast by the Piccadilly Hotel in the Quadrant covered the pavement on the north side, so that for four months in the year the sunny side of the Quadrant will be deprived of all sun if the other buildings on the south side are raised to a similar height?
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Sir A. BOSCAWENI am informed that the Commissioners of Woods have not sanctioned and do not contemplate sanctioning the erection of any buildings on the Crown property in Regent Street higher than the new buildings already erected. The Commissioners have no reason to believe that the increased height will have the result anticipated by the hon. Member, though they agree that the effect must necessarily be to diminish to a certain extent the sunniness of the street. The Commissioners regret that for the reasons stated in the answer given to a previous question put by the hon. Member, the increase of height is practically unavoidable.