The green light

Noel Gallagher has planning permission from Westminster Council to gut and repair the Grade II-listed London house he bought for £11.5 million.

A mid-Victorian pile

The property dates from the middle of the 19th century and runs over five levels with seven bedrooms. Its age is exactly what makes fixing it complicated.

The fault list

Documents filed with the council record significant structural movement, water coming in at roof level, damp rising at the lower floors and roof covering that is breaking down.

“rising damp at lower levels”

Cut up, then stitched back

The house was heavily altered and split into flats at some point, then turned back into a single home by a previous owner. Those changes left their mark.

“previous unsympathetic alterations”

Did he know?

It has not been established whether Gallagher understood the scale of the problems before he bought the place or found out afterwards.

Seven empty rooms

Expensive fixtures and fittings have already been torn out of every room, including all seven bedrooms. They now sit as bare shells with no wallpaper and no flooring.

Gym, sauna, cinema, bar

Alongside the repairs, the 59-year-old is adding a gym, a sauna, a cinema room and a bar in the basement.

The rear needs work too

The roof and the doors on the back extension are both due to be replaced as part of the scheme.

A room for Liam

An interlinking building next door is to become a one-bedroom guest suite, which would give his brother somewhere to stay.

The officer was impressed

Planning officer John Wilman recommended approval, saying the work improves how both buildings look without damaging what makes them historically important.

“would not harm the special interest and significance of the buildings”

Waved through

Given the size of the job, the council attached remarkably few conditions, after his team showed the plans were repairs rather than wholesale change.

Match what is there

One binding condition: anything new on the outside has to copy the original in materials, construction method and finished appearance.

“all new work to the outside of the building must match existing original work in terms of the choice of materials”

Neighbours get their peace

Building work is confined to 8am until 6pm Monday to Friday, and 9am until 1pm on Saturday. No Sunday hammering.

Take it apart, do not smash it

Most of the demolition and excavation material is to be recycled, with the building picked apart by hand so anything reusable can be separated out.

“Construction waste will be minimised through careful deconstruction rather than demolition”

The carbon argument

His team pitched repair itself as the green option, arguing that keeping an old building standing beats replacing it.

“extending the life of the historic structure while reducing embodied carbon and construction waste”

Warmer, quietly

Efficiency comes from slim double-glazed windows made to look period-correct, better draught-proofing, roof insulation and natural materials wherever they work.

“conservation-style slimline double-glazed windows, improved draught-proofing, roof insulation”

Not ripping it up

His architects insisted the plans stay inside repair and like-for-like replacement, with new services threaded through the routes that already exist.

“They do not involve the alteration of features of special architectural or historic interest”

The cornices stay

Original doors, architraves, panelling and cornices are being kept and restored. Only later additions with no heritage value get stripped out.

“original features including doors, architraves, panelling, cornices and other historic detailing are to be retained and refurbished”

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