Billionaire property developer Christian Candy's application to create a private garden for his Regent’s Park mansion in central London from a road running alongside the property have been thrown out by Camden Council. Mr Candy has said he would appeal against the decision.
Mr Candy’s plans would have removed an entire road lane and scrapped up to nine parking spaces to make way for a 400 sq metre garden and private entrance to his home. The work involved transplanting railings and lampposts in one of London’s most important conservation areas.
The plans were opposed by local residents, pitting Mr Candy, best known for the One Hyde Park apartment complex in London, against a group of influential neighbours, including doctors, surgeons, entrepreneurs and university professors.
Neighbour Michael Weber praised the result, saying residents were "absolutely delighted". The 12-member panel, led by councillor Heather Johnson, rejected the scheme by majority decision.
Candy holds a 150-year lease on Chester Gate, a private road that borders seven listed houses designed by the regency architect John Nash, which he bought in 2014. He has planning permission to knock them together into a family home and two other residences in a development said to be worth £200m.
