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setting would be unacceptable, and we will be alert to see if it is one of these ghastly mock-classical designs which seem all the rage around the Heath with people who seem to believe that big money automatically means good design sense." In 2011 further redevelopment work was planned with a "super basement" that would increase the size of the property by a third.
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to take "action on spending, on wages, on taxation and on nationalisation" and declared that "If this
Government and this Prime Minister cannot act now, we are ready to battle against inflation — the great destroyer. It will be our task to save the free society which has taken so many generations to
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to warn of the "imminent threat of speculative development" that hung over the "slopes of the
Beechwood estate". The writers hoped that "there are still individuals and authorities far sighted enough to secure a further addition to the Heath for public enjoyment". Beechwood was owned by the property
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for a "Roman-style bathing complex" in the grounds of the property that would include a new indoor swimming pool, sauna, and gym. The plans were opposed by the
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for its architectural merit in May 1974. In 2008 the main house at
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