Higher Houses The maximum permitted height of buildings in London
is at present unreasonably low, but there is danger that revision of the law may be too much in favour of the site-owner. The. Building Acts Committee of the London County Council recommend that the usual limiting height of 80 feet (plus two storeys in the roof) should be increased to 100 feet, with additional storeys set back so that there shall be no projection beyond a line at an angle of 63i degrees to the horizon. There is no objection on the ground of height alone so long as provision is satisfactorily made for safety in design and provision against fire. But light and air are insufficiently considered in this report. It ought not to be legal in London to build twice as high as a street is broad. Let buildings by all means be higher ; but when they are raised, they should be set back proportionately.
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