The family of Captain Tom Moore have been ordered to demolish the luxury spa they built in the garden of their home.
The army veteran’s daughter, Hannah Ingram-Moore, and her husband Colin had appealed against an order by Central Bedfordshire Council to pull down the building.
But they have since lost this appeal, and have three months to demolish the spa complex.
Ingram-Moore had used her father’s name on the initial plans for the structure, having initially told planners they wanted an office for the Captain Tom Foundation. This was the charity set up in her father’s name following his fundraising efforts during the first Covid lockdown.
The couple used the foundation’s name on the first plans for the “Captain Tom Foundation Building” in August 2021.
Permission for the building to be built on the tennis courts at the Grade-II listed home, where Ingram-Moore had lived with her father, was initially granted by …