London's first straw cafe granted planning approval (Sutton Borough Liberal Democrats)

London's first straw cafe granted planning approval

March 25, 2010 12:00 AM

Sutton Council has approved plans for two leading environmental projects including London's first café built from straw.

A "living green wall" will also be built to cover the outside of a Sutton town centre building with evergreen plant as part of the multi million pound regeneration of Sutton town centre.

The café which will be located in Manor Park will be built using an innovative thermally-efficient straw bale construction and will open in the summer.

Its walls will be made from locally-sourced straw bales topped with a living grass roof.

Lyn Gleeson, Liberal Democrat lead for Planning on the Council , said: "These are great projects for Sutton and I am delighted that we are able to not only improve the look and feel of our local areas but that we are doing it in the most environmentally friendly way possible.

"This is part of our much wider ambition to make Sutton a truly green borough and shows how we can protect the environment in so much of what we do."

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