Ivy owner Richard Caring defies order to remove £40m home’s incongruous windows

Billionaire appeals against Kensington's ruling that he installed windows without permission

Richard Caring, the billionaire nightclub and restaurant entrepreneur, is refusing to remove three incongruous and dominant" windows from his 40m house in South Kensington despite the council issuing an enforcement notice" ordering him to do so.

Caring, 74, who owns the celebrity hotspot restaurants the Ivy and Sexy Fish as well as the private members' club Annabel's, has launched an appeal against the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea's ruling that the windows were installed without planning permission" and fail to preserve the character and appearance" of the conservation area.