An unauthorised home spa in the garden of the late Sir Captain Tom Moore’s daughter and son-in-law has been ordered to be demolished. Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband had appealed against the said demolition order given by the Central Bedfordshire Council. The couple had used the Captain Tom Foundation name while filing for their first plans. The revised application by the couple was also turned down leading to the appeal being dismissed just last month.
Following an inquiry, Inspector Diane Fleming cited the “scale and massing” of the building that had been partially built. This, according to Fleming, had resulted in harm being done to The Old Rectory, a Grade II listed building that is also the family home of Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family.
The demolition news of the unauthorised home spa in the garden of the late Captain Tom Moore’s daughter’s residence has been a major one. The Planning Inspectorate, after the hearing, ruled that the partially-built building had resulted in harm being done to The Old Rectory. The family has had a very public profile following the successful fundraising campaign organised by their father and grandfather in support of the National Health Service (NHS) during the coronavirus pandemic. The family will now have to have the unauthorised structure removed from their garden.
Captain Sir Tom Moore’s daughter and her husband, who were responsible for the unauthorised project, had spent a significant sum of money on the building before complications arose regarding the development. The family even renamed the application as The Captain Tom Foundation, but the revised application was also not accepted by the Central Bedfordshire Council. The Planning Inspectorate’s decision came after their appeal was turned down recently
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