Through the first gate

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Plans to turn Admiralty Arch into a luxury hotel have been approved. Westminster council gave the scheme, which was designed by architect Blair Associates the go-ahead at a planning meeting this week. The project will see the landmark gateway to The Mall and Buckingham Palace transformed. Into a 100-bedroom exclusive hotel. A Westminster council spokespersonn said the council had approved the owner Prime Investors Capital's proposal to pay the council ￡600,000 for publically-subsidised housing, with a further ￡100,000 for public art. This was despite council planners saying the offer fell short of council planning policies, which required ￡1m for affordable housing and around ￡800,000 for other obligations.