Michael Gove has been accused of pitting neighbour against neighbour after announcing a housing shakeup that will allow homeowners to build bigger extensions without planning permission.
In 1913, two Chelsea homeowners battled it out all the way up to the House of Lords – now known as the Supreme Court – over a “large Virginia creeper” which had grown up the party wall – the wall that’s shared between two properties – from one house and allegedly spread damp into the neighbour’s servant hall.
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