The Chelsea FC owner has won permission to create a £150million property in Lowndes Square behind Harvey Nichols. He plans to convert nine flats in the square, designed in the 1830s, into an eightbedroom "palace". Kensington and Chelsea council has ordered that the materials be identical to those of the neo-Classical building and for all work "to match the existing original". The council is also insisting on strict noise limits. Mr Abramovich, 41, rumoured to have recently proposed to his girlfriend Daria Zhukova, 26, has employed Classical architect John Simpson to work on the project.