Pic:The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will relocate to the palace later this year
Royal correspondent(wp/es):
Plans have been submitted for a huge two-storey basement at Kensington Palace ready for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s relocation to the residence later this year.
A planning application for the underground extension has been submitted to Kensington and Chelsea Council, the Daily Mail revealed.
The huge addition to the building in Kensington Gardens would be dug next to the Orangery to make room for Kate and William and their two children Prince George and Princess Charlotte when they move in this Autumn, according to the newspaper.
The 1,500sq m addition to the 18th Century building would incorporate two floors below ground and one above which would house offices for 100 members of staff working at the Palace.
The planning application reads: “The addition of a basement storey is required to allow for the accommodation of administration which must necessarily be moved out of rooms leased from the Royal Household in Kensington Palace.”
The application has been put forward by Historic Royal Palaces, the charity which looks after the state apartments at the palace.
Two-storey extensions are technically restricted by the council but it is a believed an exception could be made for the Royal Family.
A decision is expected to be made by council officials next month.
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