The future of the Ministry of Sound looks to have been secured despite planning permission for a residential tower block near the venue having been granted by London Mayor Boris Johnson

Ministry of Sound spent years campaigning against proposals for a 41-storey tower on the site of Eileen House in Newington Causeway, Elephant & Castle, fearing that the building would force them to close.

The tower will be ten metres from the front of the club and Ministry feared that ...