Andy Murray wins approval for downsized mega mansion

● Multi-million pound home boasts pool, gym and summer house

Sir Andy Murray has won a battle to build a new multimillion pound mansion with a swimming pool and gym.

The tennis ace plans to demolish a property he bought for nearly £3 million and construct a new home in its place in Surrey.

However, his project hit a snag when permission for separate outbuildings housing a pool and gymnasium were refused by council planners because they were too big and did not fit in with the surrounding area.

The house is in Leatherhead, just a few miles from 30-year-old Murray’s existing £5m home in Oxshott that he shares with wife Kim and their two young daughters.

The two-time Wimbledon champion’s house plans have now been given the go-ahead after his architects submitted revised plans for the leisure facilities, which means they will be smaller than originally planned.

In a written report, planning officials at Mole Valley District Council said: “The proposal is for two separate outbuildings to be used for purposes incidental to the enjoyment of the dwelling house, one for a gym and garden room and the other for a swimming pool and sauna. “This application follows on from two separate applications for the outbuildings that were refused.

“The agent has addressed

0 Andy Murray is planning a new home in Leatherhead, Surrey close to his current residence the height issues by setting the building more within the slope of the land, which allows for the height to be taken from the highest part of the surface of the ground next to it.”

The proposals show the swimming pool building, which must not exceed 4m in height, will also include a massage room, changing facilities and a sauna. The gym will have a summer house attached to it.

The pool and gym could be used to help Murray’s rehabilitation from injury. He is recovthey ering from hip surgery in Australia and is not expected to be back on the tennis court until the summer’s grass court season. Murray and wife Kim bought the house, which has a tennis court in its 28 acres of grounds, in November 2016. initially built an extension before deciding to demolish it and build their own bespoke home in its place.

Plans show the new house will be a two-storey home, with five en-suite bathrooms and a ground-floor library.