Shocking pictures show the spa built by Captain Sir Tom Moore’s family being torn to the ground.
Builders have now totally levelled the £200,000 unauthorised structure after the veteran’s daughter Hannah Ingram-Moore and her husband were ordered to tear it down.
Planning officials said that the spa – attached to their £1.2m mansion in Marston Moretaine, Bedfordshire – was built in a design which did not have planning permission.
Permission had been granted for an L-shaped building in the grounds of the family home. However the planning authority refused a subsequent retrospective application in 2022 for a larger C-shaped building containing a spa pool.
The spa can be seen being ripped out by a crane last Friday – which is exactly three years after Captain Sir Tom’s death on February 2, 2021.
Jackson Demolition, which is overseeing the work, used a hydraulic rotating grab attached to an excavator to pull part of the structure from the inside and pound into its roof.
Planning inspector Diane Fleming ruled the spa was to be demolished despite Ms Ingram-Moore’s claim it would be used by the Captain Tom Foundation to “offer rehabilitation sessions for elderly people in the area”.
The foundation is the subject of an investigation by the Charity Commission amid concerns about its management and independence from Captain Sir Tom’s family.
The charity watchdog opened a case shortly after the 100-year-old died. It launched its inquiry in June 2022.
