One of England’s richest boroughs wants mayor of London Sadiq Khan to sell it a former police station for a steal so it can push ahead with HOK-designed plans for new community facilities and affordable housing.

The Conservative-run Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea made its call as the mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime began marketing the former Notting Hill Police Station, on Ladbroke Grove.

A brochure for the sale, put together by estate agents Knight Frank, suggests the 1905 building – attributed to John Dixon Butler – could be suitable for redevelopment with a scheme of up to 38 apartments, subject to planning consent.

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