RBKC plans new conservation area

Kensington & Chelsea planners have rejected proposals for a subterranean extension under an £8m Notting Hill house, after an outcry from celebrity neighbours.

Stanhope and the BBC have just submitted their planning application to turn West London's Television Centre into a 14-acre mixed use development with around 1,000 residential units.

Council planners in Holland Park have been coming down hard on appearances in recent months, forcing 12 owners of houses on Royal Crescent alone to get sprucing or face the consequences.