A neighbour row has erupted after local residents tried to block Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour's garden shed application.
The music icon recently submitted a retrospective planning application to Camden Council after demolishing a garden summerhouse and shed and replacing it with a new shed at his property in Hampstead.
In the planning and heritage statement submitted as part of the application, it states the new structure is "of modest size".
It adds that although the roof of the shed is "above the height of the boundary fence", it will not lead to "overlooking" or "loss of privacy".
David Gilmour has applied for retrospective planning application over a new garden shed
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The shed is described as being of a "similar design" to the previously approved summerhouse that it replaced and "is painted green to minimise its visual impact".
The new shed has been created at the bottom of the garden of the Grade II listed home, where the previous structures were located.
Referencing the property's listed status, the application stated: "The replacement shed is of traditional construction and has been carefully designed to be appropriate within the garden of this listed building."
It added: "The proposal does not include any works affecting the fabric of the listed building."
The planning document concludes that planning permission should be "granted without delay" as the proposal "complies will all relevant national and local planning policy".
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The new shed at Gilmour's London home
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The application has, however, been objected by The Hampstead Hill Gardens Residents’ Association, who have called for the shed to be removed "as soon as possible".
A statement by Audrey Mandela, chair of the association, said: "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 decision we hope the council will make is that it is removed as soon as possible to stop the continued harm to neighbourhood amenity."
Mandela added: "The matter was raised with the applicant by residents of our road, who hoped to avoid the need for formal action.
"The applicant has reacted by submitting this retrospective application to pre-empt enforcement action."
The Resident's Association chair concluded the letter by saying: "Although we understand that formal enforcement action may now be difficult due to the applicant having approached the council pre-emptively, that does not remove the fact that the current structure is materially different from what was permitted and is too harmful to amenity given that it provides no benefit other than to the applicant.
"We urge the Council to send a strong rebuttal here to the applicant."
Other responses have been made to the retrospective application, including from one neighbour who said the old structure "was not up against the rear fence" unlike the new shed and so can't be hidden from behind with vegetation.
The Hampstead Neighbourhood Forum meanwhile asked for a two-metre gap to be left at the end of Gilmour's garden "to provide space for planting and the movement of wildlife".
Camden Council is yet to make a decision on the application.