One day you're shredding guitar solos at Wembley, and then suddenly you're in a legal battle with your neighbors over a garden shed.
Legendary Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour has found himself at the center of a neighborhood dispute after tearing down an old shed in his backyard and building a new one in its place. According to a report published by The Mirror on July 9, Gilmour has filed a retrospective planning application, describing the replacement structure as “modest in size, traditional in construction and having no adverse impact on neighboring amenity, such as loss of privacy or overshadowing.”
But not everyone agrees.
His new shed has reportedly ruffled feathers in the upscale Hampstead neighborhood, where the Hampstead Hill Gardens Residents' Association (HHGRA) claims it is “obtrusive, overbearing, and significantly more visually and physically intrusive” than the original. The group has formally objected to Gilmour’s application and is demanding the structure’s immediate removal.
“Permission was granted to rebuild a shed on its original footprint, approximately two metres from the boundary,” HHGRA chair Audrey Mandela said in a statement. “However, what has actually been built is abutting the boundary fence, in a substantively different and more intrusive location."
Other neighbors of Gilmour spoke to the outlet as well.
"The application should be rejected as the structure now in place is obtrusive, overbearing, and significantly more visually and physically intrusive than what was originally approved or what stood there before. The matter was raised with the applicant by residents of our road, who had hoped to avoid the need for formal action,” the person explained. "The applicant has reacted by submitting this retrospective application to pre-empt enforcement action."
However, some have supported the rock star in his new garden shed endeavors.
"The shed is of a similar design to the previously approved summerhouse,” the person argued. “[It] is painted green to minimize its visual impact and has a cedar shingle roof which will quickly silver down.”
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