Robbie Williams suffers new hurdle in bid to build pool and gym at ... trends now
Robbie Williams has hit another stumbling block in his attempts to build an underground swimming pool and gym at his £17.5million London home.
The singer, 48, has been hoping to start work on a fitness suite at his expansive mansion in posh Holland Park for the last six years but his neighbour, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, 79, has opposed the plans.
The plans were initially passed by Kensington and Chelsea council but the former Take That star has since been told he has to apply for the deeds of his property to be legally changed for the building work to go ahead.
Rocker Jimmy claims the vibrations from the works could damage the ancient paintings and frescoes in his Grade I listed property, where he has resided since 1972, according to The Sun.
Robbie also previously applied to construct a trellis fence the size of a two-story building around his home in a bid to keep him out of fans' view but he withdrew his planning application after he received an anonymous letter from a member of the public which appeared to mock him.
New blow: Robbie Williams, 48, has hit another stumbling block in his attempts to build an underground swimming pool and gym at his £17.5million London home (pictured in November)
It read: 'I wholeheartedly support Robbie Williams right to have a fence around his home.
'An Englishman’s home is his castle and he should be afforded his right. The general public would perhaps benefit from the fence being higher and constructed to a sound-proofed standard!'
MailOnline has contacted representatives for Robbie and for Jimmy for comment.
Several trees lie close to pop star Robbie's boundary with Jimmy, who founded his band Led Zeppelin.
Robbie planned to totally fell a heavily leaning magnolia, said to be in an unsuitable position, and grind the stump, totally removing all trace of it.
He also wanted to chop up a cherry tree leaning over a footpath as it was felled to ground level.
Robbie hoped to thin a bay tree in his front garden by 20 per cent to allow for light penetration and cut back the neighbouring trees by up to 1.5 metres.
Speaking out: Robbie's neighbour, Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, 79, has opposed the plans, which were first submitted six years ago (pictured in 2021)
A horse chestnut was also set to be thinned out - with one over-extended branch to be cut back by five metres and the rest of the canopy being subject to a 15 per cent thin as he removed dead and defective wood.
Robbie also wanted to further thin a Chinese ash by up to 20 per cent as he battled to allow light penetration and retain the form of the tree.
A Loquat, an evergreen shrub prized for its orange fruit, would also have been cut back by up to 1.5 metres.
The Candy singer's garden is shown to include vintage limestone paving, overlooked by a bay window.
A circular path in the corner of the property is made of magma granite to match the borders of shingle paths circling his house and at the back of the property.
