Main image: Top - Aerial view of the former gasworks on Imperial Road, Fulham; Bottom - The site today, now called Chelsea Creek
Profits holding up despite a 35% slump in reservations, reports Berkeley
FTSE 100 housebuilder has blamed "The complexity and protracted nature of the current planning system and lack of clarity surrounding certain regulatory changes" for a dearth of new land acquisitions.
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