My house will look almost directly on to the 6-storey tower. I confess that artistically/architecturally I'm not really sure what to make of it (there is a feel of stacked shipping containers about it), but I do, nevertheless, approve of the application. It's bold and different, and far too few bold and different buildings get built – certainly in Forest Hill. It will replace a hideous pebble-dash monstrosity that we’ve been looking out on for the four years that we’ve lived here with a structure that could provide the sort of iconic originality that might well provide a catalyst for further re-generation of Forest Hill south of the tracks.

A structure of this height might be an issue on a narrow street, but Westbourne Drive is a very wide road, with a wide range of architectural styles and plenty of tall buildings. Will it blend in? Of course not, but it’s not intended to. It’s making a statement, and it’s a statement worth making.