Typical London … we wait for big real estate players; and then two businesses come along at once …

At its planning meeting on Wednesday 5th February Westminster City Council refused the American fashion trader Abercrombie & Fitch consent to convert the Grade II Listed Building at 3 Savile Row, Mayfair – which is in a Special Policy Area – into an Abercrombie Kids Store. The company’s flagship store is already nearby at the junction of Savile Row and Burlington Gardens and is renowned for its topless male store greeters and loud music.