The extraordinary story in the Mail on Sunday of TV and radio presenter Matthew Wright's Camden nightmare, as his neighbours embark on a basement extension, and he's forced to give up a radio show because he can't get enough sleep to function, and face repairs to his own property.

The excavations have also caused damage to my property, which I believe will cost thousands of pounds to put right. The wooden floor in my living room has come an inch away from the wall it once abutted. Chunks of plaster have fallen off my walls.

So what's this... just another celebrity abusing his position to moan in a paper? No. Actually, the thrust is about the downside of the Government's new, short-red-tape, fast-track approach to planning, in a market that favours improvement over sale. It's an interesting read.

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