The Prince of Wales has spoken publicly for the first time why he intervened to block the Chelsea Barracks planning application.
In a magazine interview Charles said he wanted to make a stand to prevent London’s built environment being ‘mucked about with’.
In an interview for Vanity Fair magazine Charles said: “I’d seen some of the plans and I thought, this seems insane.”
“I just wrote a letter – a confidential letter to somebody I happen to know. I didn’t do anything in public. It only came into play when they, for some reason or other, leaked my letter. Anyway, it produced the desired effect, in that it revealed that an awful lot of people are concerned.”
Developers Qatari Diar Real Estate have withdrawn their planning application for the prestigious site.
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