Omaze mansion plans to be examined by councillors.
Councillors will vote on a £6 million property at the focus of a long-running planning battle.
A woman from South Wales won the property in Blakeney, Norfolk, in an Omaze raffle earlier this year that raised funds for Comic Relief.
However, the property did not have planning authorisation for some features, such as a swimming pool and tennis court. North Norfolk District Council has recommended that a retrospective planning application be allowed; however, a committee will review it first on October 16.
Conservative Victoria Holliday filed the call-in papers, which indicates that the application will be reviewed by councillors. She is a Blakeney District Councillor and a member of the Development Committee.
Holliday has expressed concern that a “distinctive group” of pine trees had been cut to make place for the swimming pool, and a wildflower meadow may have been lost to the tennis court.
The renovations are “out of keeping with the wild and unspoilt nature” of the beachfront property, she claims.
Blakeney is in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, thus development is strictly controlled.
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Omaze requested that the Larkfields extension to the east of the mansion be retained, as well as a four-bay garage, outbuildings, the swimming pool, and tennis court.
Vicky Curtis-Cresswell won the award in March of this year, and Omaze has said it will cover any expenses.
Omaze did not develop the property, but it was determined to be in violation of planning restrictions after an anonymous member of the public notified the district council.
The corporation is still the official owner of Larkfields, a property designed to replicate mansions in New York’s Hamptons.
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