Family of Captain Sir Thomas Moore launch appeal after 'unauthorised' spa building ordered to be demolished
01.08.2023 - 12:53
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Captain Sir Tom Moore's family have objected to an enforcement notice demanding the demolition of an unauthorised spa pool.
Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin were granted permission in 2021 to install a Captain Tom Foundation building in the grounds of their home in Marston Maroetaine, Bedfordshire. However, a retrospective application a year ago for a larger building containing a spa pool was refused by the planning authority.
Central Bedfordshire Council said last month that an enforcement notice requiring the demolition of the “now-unauthorised building” was issued and was subject to an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. Documents appealing against the notice record from the family stated the building was "no more overbearing" than a previously approved planning application and the "heights are the same".
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The appeal statement by Mr Ingram-Moore said: “The subject building is no more overbearing than the consented scheme. The view is virtually identical save for a pitch roof being added to the elevational treatment.
"The heights are the same. As such there cannot be an unacceptable overbearing impact.” It also said the council had “no grounds supporting the refusal of the retrospective application” and “requested” for the inspector to uphold the appeal.
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The council said its reports “detail harm caused to the setting of the listed building and, in particular, the significant difference between the two schemes that arises from the lack of sufficient public benefit that has been proposed in respect of the unauthorised building”.
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