Planners order demolition of pool and constructing at residence of Captain Tom’s daughter
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lanning chiefs have ordered that an unauthorised building in Captain Tom’s daughter’s home be demolished, after plans for a block containing a spa pool have been rejected.
Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin utilized in 2021 for permission to construct a Captain Tom Foundation Building within the grounds of their residence in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire.
The L-shaped constructing was given the inexperienced mild, and in a design and entry and heritage assertion it was described as for use partly “in connection with The Captain Tom Foundation and its charitable objectives”.
A subsequent retrospective utility in 2022, for a bigger C-shaped constructing containing a spa pool, was refused by the planning authority.
In supporting paperwork, it was described as “a new building for use by the occupiers” of the house of Mr and Mrs Ingram-Moore.
In a design and entry and heritage assertion, it was known as The Captain Tom Building.
Sir Tom raised £38.9 million for the NHS, together with Gift Aid, by strolling 100 laps of his backyard earlier than his a hundredth birthday on the peak of the primary nationwide Covid-19 lockdown in April 2020.
He died in February 2021.
Sir Tom raised £38.9 million for the NHS, together with Gift Aid, by strolling 100 laps of his backyard earlier than his a hundredth birthday on the peak of the primary nationwide Covid-19 lockdown in April 2020
/ PA ArchiveA spokesperson for Central Bedfordshire Council, the planning authority for the realm, stated on Tuesday that it acquired a planning utility in August 2021 for the erection of a indifferent single storey constructing by the occupiers of the house of the Ingram-Moores and the Captain Tom Foundation.
It stated this was accredited.
In 2022, planners subsequently acquired a retrospective planning utility for a “part retrospective erection of detached single-storey building (revised proposals)”, which was refused, the spokesperson stated.
The council spokesperson stated: “An enforcement notice requiring the demolition of the now-unauthorised building was issued and this is now subject to an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate.”
Efforts have been made to strategy Hannah Ingram-Moore for remark.
The Captain Tom Foundation stated, in an announcement to a nationwide newspaper: “At no time were The Captain Tom Foundation’s independent trustees aware of planning permissions made by Mr and Mrs Ingram-Moore purporting to be in the foundation’s name.
“Had they been aware of any applications, the independent trustees would not have authorised them.”