It is not often a humble car park gets top billing in a company news announcement but the one in Seagrave Road in London's Earls Court is one step closer to being replaced by a housing development, property giant Capital and Counties (Capco) revealed.
The Hammersmith & Fulham Council has granted planning permission for the residential quarter, which will see 808 new homes built around a new public garden square in a part of London best known for its exhibition centres and large contingent of Australians.
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