Chelsea hospitals battle over Brompton site

After all the wrangling, Qatari Diar's Project Blue Ltd has got the go-ahead to start building the first phase of its Chelsea Barracks scheme; works are due to get underway later this year.

Galliard Homes, Cain Hoy and ARV Investments have paid over £15m to buy up the half acre "London Octopus" site near the Chiswick Roundabout in Hounslow, with ideas to create a residential-led development.

Developer London Square has bought pretty niftily-located site at 100 New Kings Road in Parsons Green with plans to turn the office block into 25 residential units. The 0.