The Trump administration’s demolition of the East Wing of the White House has raised alarms among architecture and preservation groups, not just for the lack of public review but about the proposed 90,000-square-foot ballroom that is proposed to replace it.

The request comes in a letter to several federal agencies with approval oversight of federal building renovation projects one day after demolition began.

Despite President Donald Trump's promise that a massive, $300 million ballroom addition would not “interfere with the current building,” the White House's East Wing has been demolished, sparking alarm from Democratic lawmakers,

The president plans to build a triumphal arch along the Potomac River and a new ballroom on the White House grounds.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a nonprofit chartered by Congress to further the historic preservation policy in the U.S., has written a letter urging the Trump administration to pause the demolition of the East Wing of the White House until a review of President Trump's ballroom plans is completed.

A preservation group is pushing for a pause in the demolition of the East Wing of the White House for a $200 million ballroom proposed by President Trump. “We respectfully urge the Administration

The demolition of the White House's East Wing appears to break policy requiring a federal commission to oversee and approve construction projects in Washington.

The National Trust has said it is against proposals to convert an area of land in Greater Manchester into a permanent site for Gypsies and travellers. Part of Oldfield Brow, near the Bridgewater Canal on the outskirts of Altrincham, has been identified in a draft local development plan published by Trafford Council.