Swimming pools UK: Rishi Sunak splashes £400,000 on new pool as cost of living crisis bites
The IndependentSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The multi-millionaire ex-Chancellor and his wife Akshata Murty were last year granted planning permission to build a swimming pool, gym and an adjoining tennis court on farmland at the manor house. Last year, the couple applied for a new stone building on a paddock to house a gym, a 12-metre by 5-metre swimming pool, four showers and utilities and storage rooms. In her report presented to councillors, planning officer Kate Williams said: “The tennis court and fencing proposed, whilst not uncommon for a property of this type, by its nature is an uncharacteristic landscape feature. “The proposed building and tennis court would not be sited on the skyline and the additional landscape planting proposed will enhance the existing landscape features and help to soften and obscure views of the development.
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