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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Thomas Kingsley

Billionaire angers neighbours by closing busy South Kensington road for gardening work

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Neighbours in one of London’s wealthiest areas are in uproar after a British billionaire was granted council permission to close a main road to complete garden work.

Businessman Richard Caring, who owns clubs and restaurants including The Ivy, has secured backing from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to close part of Onslow Square for two weeks in order to have a dozen trees planted in the grounds of his £40 million mansion.

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