LREF 2016: Mayfair and St James’s have been “living on past reputation, rather like the England football team,” said City of Westminster director of planning, growth planning and housing, John Walker.
Speaking at LREF in London, Walker said the area has “woken up” to new development opportunities and the council has reacted to what the market wanted in terms of needing more office development and reducing residential development via permitted development rights. He said the council had “pulled the drawbridge up” on this.
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