In an open letter to Johnson in the Evening Standard, the nightclub has asked for a guarantee to ensure it will be able to continue to make the same level of noise as it does currently. The club has long been opposed to developer Oakmayne's proposals to construct a 41-storey residential tower at Eileen House opposite the club because it said noise complaints from the future residents would be likely to force the club to close.
Johnson called in Oakmayne's application in 2011 to be decided by him because he considered it to have a "significant" impact on the implementation of the London Plan. Southwark Council had previously notified him it was "minded to refuse" the proposals. Johnson is due to make a decision on the proposals on 19 November.
In addition to the guarantee, the Ministry of Sound is asking Johnson for a legal agreement to ensure the developer delivers promised "acoustic protection" to the club.
“The legal agreement guarantees that everything that is being promised, such as these acoustically sealed windows, is not reneged on at a later date," said Ministry of Sound Group chief executive Lohan Presencer according to the Evening Standard reports. "The second thing we want is a legal mechanism put in place to ensure the current noise levels will be able to lawfully continue as they are.”
