Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley wins battle with council to transform £1.85million derelict house

msn.com:

Star Wars actress Daisy Ridley has finally won a battle with conservationists over the £1. 85m derelict terraced house she bought two years ago in celebrity-studded Camden Town, north London.

The Force Awakens star, who plays Rey Skywalker, applied to transform the Grade II-listed building consisting of bedsits into a family home in a £1m transformation.

Her earlier planning application for a roof extension with rear terrace was thrown out by the local council after objections, but now she has been given the green light.

The property had previously been an unlicensed Home of Multiple Occupation (HMO) divided into tiny bedsits. The building has a leaky roof, cracked walls, an overgrown garden and is deemed in 'desperate need of restoration'.