Defeated: Charles Saatchi with his new girlfriend Trinny Woodall When he successfully blocked a neighbour’s plans for a huge basement conversion, Charles Saatchi thought he had reason to celebrate. But now the multimillionaire advertising tycoon has suffered a triple blow. For not only has the neighbour been given permission for a scaled-down version of the project but two other residents in the exclusive Chelsea street have announced plans for basement conversions of their own. Saatchi, 71, faced allegations of hypocrisy when he and his then wife Nigella Lawson objected to the original plans three years ago. The couple had just spent a fortune turning their £12.3million property into a seven-bedroom dream home.
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Saatchi and ex-wife Nigella objected to neighbour's basement conversion
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Flora Mascolo said couple used celebrity status to turn residents against her
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Mrs Mascalo submitted two more plans - the third of which is now approved
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Saatchi accused of hypocrisy - converted own house into 7-bed dream home
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