Pink Floyd's David Gilmour Faces Neighbour Objections Over Hampstead Garden Shed

David Gilmour, the 79-year-old Pink Floyd guitarist, is embroiled in a planning dispute with his Hampstead neighbors over a new garden shed. After dismantling an old summerhouse and shed, Gilmour submitted a retrospective application to Camden Council for the replacement structure, describing it as modest in size and of traditional construction designed to avoid impacting neighboring privacy or light. However, local residents and the Hampstead Hill Gardens Residents’ Association (HHGRA) argue the shed is significantly more obtrusive and overbearing than what was previously approved or existed, particularly because it is built directly against the boundary fence, unlike the prior structure set two meters away. The residents have accused Gilmour of submitting a deliberately misleading application and urged the council to reject it and order the shed's removal to prevent ongoing harm to neighborhood amenity. HHGRA chair Audrey Mandela emphasized that the retrospective application seems to pre-empt enforcement action but maintains that the current structure materially differs from the approved plans and negatively affects the community. The dispute highlights tensions between property rights and neighborhood standards in Hampstead.