Soil & Trouble: Time running out for the 10,000 square foot basement
In an extraordinary long-running planning case, a homeowner has been ordered to demolish one of Britain's biggest subterranean extensions after digging out 9,000 tons of earth; as the July deadline approaches, Linda Boateng sifts through the legal issues at play...
What Lies Beneath: Inside the 7,500 square foot mega-basement
The lid has been lifted on one of the biggest basements in the capital
Anti-basement bill gets first Commons reading
A bill designed to put the kibosh on willy-nilly subterranean extensions had its first outing in the House of Commons this week
RBKC scuppers Notting Hill uber-basement plans after celebrity brouhaha
Kensington & Chelsea planners have rejected proposals for a subterranean extension under an £8m Notting Hill house, after an outcry from celebrity neighbours.