WC1A-types at Auntie have asked the clipboard carriers at Hertsmere for a right cockney fayver – a Local Development Order (LDO) meaning ‘Stenders staff won't need to seek approval before making major alterations to the soap's iconic set in Elstree.

Mrs Diary is an ex-staffer at ‘Stenders and can speak from personal experience: prop men, sparks, chippies, gaffers, designers and directors in TV-land get in a right two and eight each time they have to seek approval for changes to Albert Square.