Captain Tom’s family will find out if they have to bulldoze pool and spa complex ‘built using the lockdown hero’s name’ at £1.2m home in October – after furious neighbours called for demolition of ‘ugly’ extension
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Captain Tom’s family will find out if they have to bulldoze their pool and spa complex in their garden built using the name of the lockdown hero as a date has been set for their appeal hearing.
Furious neighbours have called for the demolition of the ‘ugly’ outbuilding in the grounds of the £1.2million home of the NHS fundraiser’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin, in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire.
In March they were ordered to demolish it by Central Bedfordshire Council.
Colin Ingram-Moore appealed to the Planning Inspectorate in May and now a hearing date has been set for October 17.
The Ingram-Moores originally applied in 2021 for permission to build the ‘Captain Tom Foundation Building’ in their garden which was approved ‘in connection with the Captain Tom Foundation and its charitable objectives’.
Captain Tom’s (pictured with daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore) family will find out if they have to bulldoze their pool and spa complex in their garden built using the name of the lockdown hero as a date has been set for their appeal hearing
Furious neighbours have called for the demolition of the ‘ugly’ outbuilding in the grounds of the £1.2million home of the NHS fundraiser’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband Colin, in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire
The Ingram-Moores originally applied in 2021 for permission to build the ‘Captain Tom Foundation Building’ in their garden which was approved ‘in connection with the Captain Tom Foundation and its charitable objectives’
The building has been branded an ‘eyesore’, ‘overbearing’, ‘out of character’ with the neighbouring Grade II listed building by angry neighbours – who signed a petition to get it knocked down.
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But the plans were revised in February last year, when the building was already partially constructed they the family submitted revised plans for the already partially-constructed spa complex.
These new plans included a spa pool, toilets and a kitchen which planning documents said were for ‘private use’.
And in November, the council refused to give retrospective planning permission for the revised application for the larger building and in March they were ordered to demolish it.
The council’s legal documents state that there were ‘significant differences between the approved and constructed buildings’ and that it ‘does not consider that the requirement to demolish the building is excessive’.
Sir Captain Tom Moore’s son-in-law Colin Ingram-Moore submitted an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate defending his new spa, saying it was ‘no more overbearing than the consented scheme’ as building heights were ‘the same’ so there ‘cannot be an unacceptable overbearing impact’.
He added that there ‘are no grounds supporting the refusal of the retrospective application’.
Central Bedfordshire Council had earlier confirmed in a statement that the original application for the office had been approved.
Sir Captain Tom Moore’s daughter has refused to knock down a spa and pool extension at her £1.2m home after angry neighbours demanded it be demolished
In August 2021, Mr and Mrs Ingram-Moore sought planning permission for a charity office which they said was ‘urgently required’ for presentations and memorabilia
The building was given the green light, but a retrospective application for the spa complex (pictured) made under their own name was refused last year – meaning that they face having to tear that down
Objections to the pool spa block planning application from local residents
But it added: ‘In February 2022, we subsequently received a retrospective planning application for a ‘part retrospective erection of detached single storey building (revised proposals)’. This was refused.
‘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.’
Sir Tom raised £38.9 million for the NHS, including gift aid, by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday at the height of the first national Covid-19 lockdown in April 2020.
In acknowledgement of his efforts, he was knighted by the late Queen during a unique open-air ceremony at Windsor Castle in summer 2020.
He died in February 2021.
Since then, the Charity Commission has opened a formal inquiry into the Captain Tom Foundation and its links to a company run by his daughter.
The Captain Tom Foundation was registered on June 5, 2020 following his fundraising efforts. Pictured: Sir Tom and his daughter Hannah celebrate his 100 laps
Ms Ingram-Moore on ITV’s This Morning show in March 2022
The commission launched a statutory inquiry into the foundation last year over decisions that ‘may have generated a significant profit’ for a company run by the couple.
It said Club Nook Ltd had been given the ‘opportunity to trademark variations of the name “Captain Tom” without objection from the charity, which raised money from branded products including gin and T-shirts.
The commission previously turned down an application for Mrs Ingram-Moore to become the foundation’s chief executive on £100,000-a-year – a salary similar to that run by the heads of major charities.
She was later allowed to take the post on an interim basis on the equivalent of £85,000-a-year. A new CEO is now in place.
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