LONDON — Planning officials at Westminster council in London have ruled to reject plans by a media mogul to create the UK's most expensive flat.
A London borough denied planning permission for the UK's most expensive flat — which could have been worth £200 million
Ashley Tabor applied to knock two Knightsbridge apartments together to create a £200 million penthouse flat complete with 10 bedrooms and a butler's pantry.
Ashley Tabor, who owns radio stations including Classic FM, applied to knock two properties in the luxury Knightsbridge Apartments together to create a £200 million penthouse flat complete with 10 bedrooms, a cinema, and a butler's pantry.
Officials ruled on Thursday that the proposed "amalgamation" of two flats would "result in the loss of a family-sized residential unit, which is contrary to the council's housing policy.
Tabor had hoped to create the apartment, which could have been worth around £200 million, after buying the flat adjoining his existing home earlier this year. The Knightsbridge Apartments is a luxury development near Harrod's in central London.
The most expensive UK flat on record is a triplex apartment in the One Hyde Park development, which sold for £140 million in 2014.