Editing Milton Keynes (section)

===Height===
[[File:Hotel La Tour, Central Milton Keynes.jpg|thumb |left |upright 0.75|The fourteen-storey Hotel LaTour, the tallest building in the city, overlooks [[Campbell Park]] in [[Central Milton Keynes|CMK]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tallest and shiniest building in Milton Keynes is topped out at 50 metres this week |url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/tallest-and-shiniest-building-in-milton-keynes-is-topped-out-at-50-metres-this-week-3235438 |first=Sally |last=Murrer |date=13 May 2021 |access-date=6 May 2023 |work=Milton Keynes Citizen}}</ref>]]
The original design guidance declared that commercial building heights in the centre should not exceed six storeys, with a limit of three storeys for houses (elsewhere),{{sfnb|Bendixson|Platt|1992|p=107}} paraphrased locally as "no building taller than the tallest tree".<ref name=BBC-tower>{{cite news | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-36210591 | title=Milton Keynes high-rise plan revealed | date=5 May 2016 | access-date=17 February 2019 | publisher=[[BBC News]] | archive-date=19 February 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219022141/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-36210591 | url-status=live }}</ref> In contrast, the [[English Partnerships#Milton Keynes Partnership|Milton Keynes Partnership]], in its [[expansion plans for Milton Keynes]], believed that [[Central Milton Keynes]] (and elsewhere) needed "landmark buildings" and subsequently lifted the height restriction for the area.<ref name=BBC-tower /> As a result, high rise buildings have been built in the central business district.{{efn|Large-scale buildings include 
Jurys Inn (10 storeys)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcaleer-rushe.co.uk/projects/jurys-inn-milton-keynes/|title=Jurys Inn, Milton Keynes (McAleer & Rushe, Design and build)|website=www.mcaleer-rushe.co.uk|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015118/http://www.mcaleer-rushe.co.uk/projects/jurys-inn-milton-keynes/|url-status=live}}</ref>
''The Pinnacle:MK'' on Midsummer Boulevard (9 storeys)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=6483|title=The Pinnacle, Milton Keynes – Building #6483|website=www.skyscrapernews.com|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-date=7 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207020945/http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=6483|url-status=live}}</ref> and the 
''Vizion'' development on Avebury Boulevard (12 storeys),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=5201|title=Vizion, Milton Keynes – Building #5201|website=www.skyscrapernews.com|access-date=6 February 2019|archive-date=8 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308030833/http://www.skyscrapernews.com/buildings.php?id=5201|url-status=live}}</ref>}}     
More recent local plans have protected the existing boulevard framework and set higher standards for architectural excellence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cmktowncouncil.gov.uk/referendum-on-cmk-business-neighbourhood-plan/ |title=The CMK Business Neighbourhood Plan |publisher=Central Milton Keynes town council |date=October 2014 |access-date=17 February 2019 |archive-date=22 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322065110/http://cmktowncouncil.gov.uk/referendum-on-cmk-business-neighbourhood-plan/ |url-status=live }}</ref>{{efn|The [[Quadrant:MK|Network Rail National Centre]] is at the western limit of Silbury Boulevard near the Central station; this building complex occupies a large land area but only rises to the equivalent of six storeys;<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/network-rail-opens-the-quadrantmk.html |title=Network Rail opens The Quadrant:MK |work=[[Railway Gazette International]] |date=11 June 2012 |access-date=6 February 2019 |archive-date=13 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113164805/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view/network-rail-opens-the-quadrantmk.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Hotel la Tour (Marlborough Gate and Midsummer Bvd) opens April 2022 and is 50 metres tall.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tallest and shiniest building in Milton Keynes is topped out at 50 metres this week |work=Milton Keynes Citizen |date=13 May 2021 |first=Sally |last=Murrer |url=https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/tallest-and-shiniest-building-in-milton-keynes-is-topped-out-at-50-metres-this-week-3235438 |access-date=31 December 2021 |archive-date=31 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231174359/https://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/news/people/tallest-and-shiniest-building-in-milton-keynes-is-topped-out-at-50-metres-this-week-3235438 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}