Robbie Williams has angered his neighbours again aft helium applied to fell a “fungus-infested” tree astatine his £17.5m westbound London mansion.
The erstwhile Take That vocalist has applied for support from Kensington and Chelsea Council to chop down a Norway maple which helium says is suffering an corruption from chromatic fungus, which attacks the tree’s roots.
But a neighbour has voiced objections to the felling of the histrion astatine the star’s Holland Park Grade II*-listed home, saying determination was nary mentation of wherefore helium needed to chop it down.
The neighbour wrote successful a submission: “There is nary mentation arsenic to wherefore this histrion request beryllium felled, lone a bid of photos showing parts of it are damaged.
“Should determination not beryllium a written study that accompanies each projected felling and what courses of enactment could beryllium done earlier the last edifice of felling this tree?”
Planners are expected to sojourn the tract soon and marque a determination by December 18, according to the section authority’s readying register.
The histrion that Robbie Williams wants to fell astatine his home
RBKC
The vocalist and Page clashed implicit the Williams’ plans to physique an underground swimming excavation and gym successful 2014.
Page objected to the plans, claiming the vibrations from the enactment posed a menace to his Grade I listed property.
Robbie Williams and Jimmy Page person been successful a long-running readying battle
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He alleged the enactment could harm the past paintings and frescoes of his home, which helium has lived successful since 1972.
The location was designed by the self-styled “art architect” William Burges betwixt 1875 and 1881 and was antecedently owned by the writer John Betjeman and the histrion Richard Harris.
Williams besides antecedently stirred contention with a erstwhile connection successful June to chopped backmost 14 plants successful the garden, claiming they blocked the airy to his home.
It sparked objections, with 1 objector penning to section officials that it would beryllium an enactment of “environmental vandalism”.
He besides was forced to apologise to Page aft suggesting successful 2017 that the guitarist was sitting successful his car extracurricular his location and signaling workmen, which helium compared to having “a intelligence illness”.
In a statement, Williams said: “I recognize wherefore Jimmy Page volition person recovered my comments violative and I apologise for immoderate wounded that they person caused him and his household arsenic a result.”