Mayfair owner told to restore historic home after banned refurb

Owner of £3million Mayfair townhouse ordered to destroy 'illegal' basement

The Planning Inspectorate has ordered the homeowner to ‘restore’the Grade II-listed building in Central London after an unsuccessful appeal

Mayfair owner told to restore historic home after banned refurb

The council says the alterations, including removing historic features, were denied planning consent.

Owners ordered to fill in basement illegally dug under 300-year old Mayfair house

The owners of a 300-year-old Georgian townhouse who dug a basement underneath it without permission have been told to fill it in again. The house, on Mayfair’s Park Street, is an early 18th-century townhouse built in the late 1720s that has survived largely intact, particularly the main interior levels. The current owners bought the house for just under £3 million in 2010 (so it is worth considerably more now) and shortly afterwards applied for …

Mayfair resident ordered to restore 18th century home after unlawful basement works

Mayfair resident ordered to restore 18th century home after unlawful basement worksLauren Meechan Wed, 14/05/2025 - 15:24 Westminster City Council has successfully defended an appeal against enforcement action by the owner of a three-storey town house in Mayfair, who carried out unauthorised works to the Grade II listed building.    The owner’s application for listed building consent to create a sub-basement was originally refused in 2010 after …