{"id":37220,"date":"2023-08-08T17:42:43","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogsnew.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37220"},"modified":"2023-08-08T17:42:43","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T16:42:43","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-captain-tom-family-ordered-to-tear-down-unauthorised-spa-pool-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=37220","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Captain Tom family ordered to tear down unauthorised spa pool extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Captain Tom Foundation has stopped taking donations as the family was ordered to tear down unauthorised spa pool extension after planning permission for the building was refused.<\/h3>\n

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Bedford Today<\/em> writes [5 July 2023]:<\/p>\n

The family of Capt Sir Tom Moore is being ordered to demolish an unauthorised building containing a spa pool at their Bedfordshire property because planning permission was refused.<\/p>\n

A newspaper report alleged they exploited the former Army veteran\u2019s name to build the pool in a detached single storey building…<\/p>\n

After an enforcement visit by CBC officers, a revised part retrospective planning application was submitted and subsequently refused under delegated powers\u2026 subject to an appeal to the planning inspectorate.<\/p>\n

“The intended use was as storage and office space for the occupiers\u2019 charitable work to support the Captain Tom Moore Foundation and for occasional meetings related to the charity,” said a planning report by CBC senior planning officer Annabel Robinson\u2026<\/p>\n

A petition was submitted with 12 signatures opposing the development as the building \u2018lacks character..<\/p>\n

Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n

For more background and updates see BBC News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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