The Pink Floyd guitarist, David Gilmour, has been ordered to move his garden shed by 2.5 metres following a row with his neighbours over planning.
The rock icon built the structure in the garden of his Hampstead residence to replace a former shed and summerhouse.
However, Mr Gilmour's neighbours called on authorities to refuse his retrospective planning permission after labelling the structure as "overbearing" and "intrusive".
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The rock icon built the structure in the garden of his Hampstead residence to replace a former shed and summerhouse
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The 79-year-old's shed was measured 2.5 metres tall, 1,9 metres wide and 2.9 metres deep.
After complaints were filed by his neighbours, the plans were amended and Camden Council told Mr Gilmour to rip down the garden shed within a month and put it back up around 2.5 metres from the end of his garden.
The Hampstead Hill Gardens Residents’ Association argued that the structure should have been erected on the footprint of the structure which stood before.
The association's chairwoman, Audrey Mandela, 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.
Mr Gilmour's neighbours called on authorities to refuse his retrospective planning permission
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“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.
“We are concerned that this appears to be a deliberately misleading application.
"It would seem that this is not a minor or technical oversight but a deliberate repositioning of the structure that would not have received permission.”
In planning documents, nearby resident Sir Jeffrey Jowell KC wrote: "I noticed during the construction of the building that extensive foundations were being laid down for a building that claimed to be a mere garden shed.
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The Hampstead Hill Gardens Residents’ Association argued that the structure should have been erected on the footprint of the structure which stood before
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“I then subsequently noticed the extensive landscaping around it.
"Both of these facts and its size indicate that the owners may have more ambitious and different uses for the building than that of a garden shed.”
Sir Jowell also noted that a neighbour who disagreed with the garden shed's development attempted “to settle the matter without troubling” the council but was "rebuffed".
The Pink Floyd guitarist made amendments to the plans to reduce the replacement structure's size and pledged to re-locate it 2.5 metres away from the boundary at the end of his garden.
After approving the updated application, Camden Council said: "The existing unlawfully sited garden shed shall be removed from the rear garden within one month of the date of this approval otherwise it will be the subject of enforcement action to obtain its removal."
The 79-year-old's planning agents, Whiteacre Planning, said: “It is important that new development ensures that there is no adverse impact on neighbouring amenity such as overlooking, loss of privacy or overshadowing.
“Although the roof of the shed is above the height of the boundary fence, it will not lead to any overlooking, loss of privacy or overshadowing.
"Single-storey buildings seldom, by definition, lead to amenity issues.”