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Holly Willoughby is celebrating after getting the go-ahead to transform her new mansion with a makeover including a gym and cinema room.
The Dancing On Ice presenter wanted to build an extension and attach an outbuilding to the main part of her six-bedroom, £8million home, but had to revise her plans to overcome opposition from officials.
She bought the property with her husband, Dan Baldwin, paying all cash with no mortgage, last July.
The couple, who have three children, wanted to begin design changes immediately, but were initially thwarted when officials said the new designs were not in keeping with the home’s “heritage.”
This meant that plans to build a two-story ‘infill’ to connect the main house and a carriage house had to be reduced to a one-story addition.
Using pseudonyms and a specialist planning agent, the couple re-applied and got the go-ahead for the changes to the house in the south-east of England.
Planning details show the ground floor extension and ‘infill’, which connects the main house to the former coach house, will make room for a gym, extra bedroom and cinema room.
It’s a new beginning for Holly after moving away following the unraveling of a plot to break into her old home and kidnap her.
Holly Willoughby is celebrating after getting the go-ahead to transform her new mansion with a makeover that will include a gym and cinema room.

Holly Willoughby and her husband Dan Baldwin were seen attending Leigh Francis’ film-themed 50th birthday party at Soho House White City on April 29, 2023 in London, England.
Holly ended her 14-year stint on ITV’s This Morning after Gavin Plumb received three life sentences for plotting to break into her home, then sedate her, kidnap her and kill her and her husband.
Plumb, 37, was arrested in Harlow, Essex, while trying to recruit an accomplice who turned out to be an undercover US police officer.
Dave’s help for his friend Jerry
Devastated by fire, Los Angeles currently seems an unlikely place to find refuge. But Jerry Hall has done it thanks to an old friend.
“With his friend Dave Stewart,” says the Texan model, 68, on social media where she posted this photo of her and Stewart, 72, who, with Annie Lennox, formed the ’80s new wave duo, Eurythmics.
“My house that I’ve been renting for the last few years in Los Angeles is still under evacuation orders,” explains Jerry, who had four children with her long-time lover Sir Mick Jagger, 81, before a brief marriage to Rupert Murdoch. , 93.
He adds: ‘Fortunately, my children, grandchildren and friends are away. Praying for Los Angeles.’
It’s time for a heartfelt and hopeful performance of the Eurythmics classic Here Comes The Rain Again.

Devastated by fire, Los Angeles currently seems an unlikely place to find refuge. But Jerry Hall has made it thanks to an old friend.

The Texas model, 68, posted this photo of her and Stewart, 72, on social media.
Sir Elton John hires Lucie Kitchener
Sir Elton John has made an intriguing appointment. I hear he hired Lucie Kitchener to run his Rocket Entertainment business and charity empire.
Lucie, 57, happens to be the daughter of the late Beatles producer Sir George Martin. He previously worked for King Charles’ cousin, the Earl of Snowdon, in his Linley furniture company.

Sir Elton John has hired Lucie Kitchener to run his Rocket Entertainment business and charity empire
Nicole Scherzinger’s role in Sunset Boulevard created with her in mind
Nicole Scherzinger won an Olivier last year for her role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. But Sarah Brightman says the role was created with her in mind.
The soprano, 64, who was married to Andrew Lloyd Webber when she began composing the musical, says: “She said to me, ‘Unconsciously, a lot of this was written in your voice.'” She reiterated this recently.

Nicole Scherzinger won an Olivier last year for her role as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard. But Sarah Brightman says the role was created with her in mind.
New mission for the former Bond girl
After having been Daniel Craig’s Bond girl during her debut in 007 Casino Royale, Caterina Murino now has her own mission: rescuing abandoned pets.

Caterina Murino now has her own mission: rescuing abandoned pets
The actress, 47, even created a social media account for one of the moggies, called Ilithyia And Family. “Welcome baby Selene…they found you in a box,” she says in a post on Instagram.
Caterina takes a more vengeful tone when talking about her rescued dogs: ‘To you bastards who abandoned them, I hope you suffer the same fear they experienced multiplied by a million.’
Is there a chill in the air about Pearl’s decor?
Vintage queen Pearl Lowe admits her domestic preferences are causing friction at home with her rock star husband, Supergrass drummer Danny Goffey.

Pearl Lowe admits her domestic preferences are causing friction at home with her rock star husband Danny Goffey.
The designer and former member of the hedonistic Primrose Hill group, who left London eight years ago for a Georgian house in Somerset, says the house “gets very cold in winter”.
Pearl also admits that the interiors are “not to everyone’s taste,” adding, “I like things that are together and don’t match.”
‘But my other half would love to be in a new house with all the new things and it was really warm. We struggle with that. “I’m winning, but I’m not sure for how long.”
John Caudwell’s Tesla breaks down
He has a reported billion-pound fortune, a 15-bedroom mansion in Mayfair, not to mention a beautiful girlfriend more than 30 years his junior, but John Caudwell is not a happy man.
The reason? His Tesla electric car broke down the same day its four-year warranty expired.
“This really upset me and soured my experience with the brand,” rants the 72-year-old Phones 4U founder, who has some advice for Tesla owner Elon Musk. “Tesla really needs to up its game to survive, let alone thrive.”

John Caudwell’s Tesla electric car broke down the same day its four-year warranty expired