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The Heritage Alliance announces new Chair
Robbie Williams’ underground swimming pool plans objected
to by Jimmy Page Singer Robbie Williams’ plans for an underground swimming pool have been postponed after objections from Led Zeppelin guitarist and neighbour Jimmy Page.
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A decision over planning permission was deferred at a committee meeting at Kensington Town Hall pending legal assurances.
The Heritage Alliance has announced that Peter Ainsworth has agreed to be its new Chair from December 2018.
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Peter Ainsworth has over 30 years of commitment to public life. Following a successful career in banking, which he combined with serving as a local councillor, Peter entered Parliament in 1992. During his time as an MP, Peter was the shadow Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1998-2001) and then the shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural affairs (from 2001-2002, and again 2005-2009). Peter is currently Chair of the Big Lottery Fund, which thanks to National Lottery players gives grants for the improvement of communities across the UK. He is also Chairman of the Churches Conservation Trust.
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Peter will go forward for election as a trustee at The Heritage Alliance’s AGM on 6 December. Thereafter, if approved, he will assume the role of Chair from Loyd Grossman CBE, who will be standing down at the AGM at the end of his third and final term of office.
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The celebrity musicians have been locked in a feud for the past four years over proposals for Williams home in Melbury Road, Kensington, West London.
The row centres around the singer’s plans for an underground gym and swimming pool linked to his Grade II listed home, Woodland House.
Page fears construction work could damage his Grade I listed gothic revival mansion Tower House and its ornately decorated interior of stained glass, decorative plasterwork and ceramic tiling.
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Historic England, which is responsible for protecting listed buildings, said the issue was ‘a matter for the local authority to decide.’
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