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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Helen William

Homes proposal a ‘bid to line Duke of Northumberland’s pockets’, inquiry told

PA Wire

An attempt by the Duke of Northumberland to replace allotments with dozens of new homes on his Syon House London estate is simply an effort to “line” his “already deep pockets,” a public inquiry has heard.

Ralph Percy, the 12th Duke of Northumberland, lost an application in October 2021 to build 80 flats on part of his Grade I listed Syon Park estate in west London after the council received more than 900 objections from locals to the plans.

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