GORDON Ramsay’s THREE year renovation of his £7M London home has hit the skids yet again – as council chiefs have rejected his bid to modify the gates and knock down an “historic wall.”
It means the chef, 57, now can’t put up new security gates at the four bed mansion.
Gordon won approval in July 2021 to increase the size of his basement, adding an en-suite bedroom, while transforming the whole interior, including a master bedroom with dressing room, which takes up an entire floor.
But work dragged on at a snails pace as workmen were restricted to using ”non-machinery“ tools for parts of the property, which is in a conservation area and surrounded by historic trees.
The TV star also wanted to change his plans and install painted timber gates to replace the current steel ones.
He also wanted to remove a “historic” front boundary wall with another design.
But the council denied his application saying that it wouldn’t be in keeping with other properties in the posh neighbourhood and mean the demolition of a “brick patterned” wall, which “could have some historic significance”, with an “impact on a conservation area”.
The Ramsays have reportedly been staying at a luxury £12,000-a-month flat in a posh riverside development nearby.
It’s thought most of the work has now been done and Gordon’s new basement includes a gym, wine store, study, plant room, boot room, and shower room.
The existing ground floor extension is a modern, mostly glass, design housing an open plan kitchen, living and dining room.
The first floor, which used to have three bedrooms, now has one “super-bedroom” covering the entire floor with a walk-in dressing room with two ensuite bathrooms. The second floor has three en-suite bedrooms.
Gordon has been offered a glimmer of hope as planning officers told him to put in a fresh application, which “would warrant further consideration”, as the gate and wall changes were linked to a previous application.
The Sun has contacted a rep for Gordon.
