Property News · June 9, 2015

Plans for £80m London mega-mansion rejected after six-year battle


Proposals to replace Hampstead’s Athlone House with eight-bedroom home for Kuwaiti family scrapped after 5,000 objections, including from Terry GilliamDesigns for the latest London mega-mansion for billionaire owners have been rejected after a six-year planning battle because of their “palatial scale” and the substantial harm they would cause to London’s heritage, following a campaign backed by former Monty Python star Terry Gilliam. The planned eight-bedroom mansion in Hampstead, north London, was believed to have been for the Kuwaiti multibillionaire Kharafi family. It was to include a ballroom, an indoor swimming pool and a car lift to a underground garage designed to accommodate four £260,000 Maybach limousines. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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