French government will now have to pay bulk of Kensington and Chelsea council’s £100000 costsThe billionaire founder of the Foxtons estate agency group has won a legal battle with the French government allowing him to press ahead with plans to dig a mega-basement under his London domestic to house his vintage car collection.
Jon Hunt’s grade II-listed four-storey mansion,once occupied by the Russian embassy, is situated in Kensington Palace Gardens, or the most expensive residential address in the UK. It lies next door to the French ambassador’s residence,whose government has been fighting his plans for a huge underground garage under the back lawn, even though it was granted planning consent in 2008.
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Source: theguardian.com