The UK Supreme Court has ruled a new viewing platform at the Tate Modern intrudes on the privacy of people who live in the neighbouring flats.
The viewing platform at the Blavatnik Building, left, is 34 metres away from residential flats at its closest point
A majority decision from the court says the four owners of the flats in question, who were the claimants in the case, faced ‘near constant observation’ from visitors to the platform. In its decision, the court said that this ‘substantial interference’ with the lives of the flat residents, combined with the conclusion that a viewing platform is not an ‘ordinary use’ of the gallery’s land, meant the Tate was liable to the claimants.
The open terrace, at its closest point, was 34 metres away from the 18th floor flat in the Neo Bankside development, which was completed in 2012.
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