Central London’s biggest housing development of the year has been unveiled – a £2 billion, 2,500-plus new home scheme to be built beside the Grand Union Canal in Ladbroke Grove.
Traditionally, the site has been used as the starting point of the Notting Hill Carnival. It is where the Mas Bands assemble and the early morning j'ouvert – literally “opening of the day” – celebration to launch carnival is held, with revellers meeting at dawn to dance, drink and cover each other in oil and powdered paint.
