Overview
- National outlets report the pair are moving out of the Wimbledon house, with no new address disclosed and representatives approached for comment.
- They sought permission to remove six trees protected by a Tree Preservation Order, comprising four cypresses, a Weymouth pine and a yew.
- Neighbour letters formally objected to the felling, arguing there was no safety risk or disease and that community benefit favored retaining the trees.
- Planning correspondence cited council approval to remove all but one yew, after which revised designs proposed lightweight ‘floating’ garden rooms built around the existing trees.
- The couple spent hundreds of thousands upgrading the property, including a swimming pool with Victorian-style changing rooms and two extensions, before deciding to move, according to an insider.