![]() ![]() Mr Williams has been in a long-running dispute with Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Paige Led Zeppelin were ironically once renowned as one of the loudest heavy metal bands in the world with performances of their ‘Whole Lotta Love’ reaching an ear-screeching 130 decibels at concerts in 1970 – one of the highest levels ever recorded at public events. It was thought that Williams had lost interest in his basement building project and was reportedly looking to sell his London property after relocating to Switzerland during the Covid pandemic.īut he recently appeared to revive the project by submitting guarantees that new air conditioning units for his pool would not exceed 25 decibels, which is said to be less than the sound of a person whispering. ![]() Page also objected to plans for a music studio and a summer terrace at Williams’ home. ![]() The guitarist won a concession which meant the singer’s builders could only use hand-held tools to excavate the basement, meaning it would take years at great expense. Page had hotly contested the application, saying even the tiniest of vibrations could affect his own Grade One listed home, and damage his fragile ancient paintings and frescoes. ![]() The dispute rumbled on for five years until October 2019 when Williams was finally given planning permission to do the work at his Grade Two star listed house. Williams bought his listed home next door to Page’s Gothic mansion in 2013, and went on to upset the heavy rocker by drawing up plans to build an ‘iceberg-basement’ featuring an indoor pool, gym and underground passageway to the main house. She wrote: ‘Foliage growing against street furniture does not necessitate the removal of a tree.’ ‘Additionally, the wall could probably be rebuilt to allow future growth of the tree without damage reoccurring.’īut she held out a glimmer of hope for Williams in one aspect of his application, saying the council ‘would definitely grant permission’ to cut back the canopy of the tree to stop it interfering with the adjacent street lamp. ’If the tree is causing the wall to crack, this problem will not be rectified by pollarding the tree to a height of one metre, as the tree will regenerate. She ruled: ‘If there is decay at the base of the tree, this extent of decay needs to be quantified before the removal of this high amenity TPO’d tree can be considered. Williams and Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, pictured, both agree the tree should be trimmed ![]()
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