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‘Too easy for planners to say no’: Top architect calls for a change to the Country House Clause
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78% of councillors think that proposed reforms would make planning ‘less democratic’
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Fatemi & O’Brien named among Sotheby’s top global property brokers
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Strutts continues high-level hiring spree in PCL
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Buyers compete over rare unmod townhouse in Notting Hill
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£24mn Notting Hill mansion changes hands in ‘landmark’ deal
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