Little Mix’s Leigh-Anne Pinnock and footballer Andre Gray lose battle to build pool and spa at £5m Surrey mansion
LITTLE Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock and her footballer fiance Andre Gray have lost their battle to build a basement spa at their £5million mansion.
The singer and Watford striker, both 29, wanted to splash out on an underground leisure complex with a swimming pool, gym, sauna and jacuzzi.
The long building would have been set into a banked garden with a sunken courtyard at the couple's luxury six-bed pad in Surrey.
It already boasts a grand entrance hall, family room, bar, study and his and hers dressing rooms and triple garage, next to a golf course.
Fans have occasionally been given a look inside thanks to pictures and videos on the star's Instagram account.
But officials at the council called the proposed 13ft-high development "inappropriate", saying it would harm the green belt area.
They said: "It is noted that the proposal would largely be below ground and that land re-profiling would be limited, however this simply means that no additional harm to the green belt would arise."
In a separate planning application, the couple were given the go-ahead to extend their kitchen, breakfast room and master bedroom.
Last year, they were allowed to keep a 9ft privacy wall and entrance gates that were built without planning permission.
As part of planning permission for the new build six years ago, officials at Surrey Heath Council made a condition that no extensions, garages or other buildings can be added without the council's consent.
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The famous pair have now applied for permitted development rights to be reinstated.
In a statement, their planning agent said: "The case for the applicant is that the imposition of the condition is not considered to be justified on the basis of reasonableness and necessity.
"It places an unnecessary restriction on the activities of future householders as it removes freedoms to carry out small scale domestic extensions, outbuildings and alterations.";
Planners are expected to make a decision on January 18 and there have been no objections from neighbours so far.