Paul to take down lodge to keep pavilion

SIR Paul McCartney will knock down the lodge built on his Peasmarsh estate in order to keep his pavilion.
The former Beatle has been embroiled in a year-long planning battle to save the two-bedroom wooden lodge, at Woodlands Farm without planning permission.At one stage he even offered to tear down a farmhouse and other agricultural buildings on the estate in order to keep the lodge and pavilion.Last month he told planners at Rother District Council that he was withdrawing the application to keep both and just wanted to retain the pavilion.On Thursday the council's planning committee accepted this proposal and a legal agreement was signed between the parties.Sir Paul, who campaigned for the building of Rye Memorial Care Centre, has said the lodge was essential for protecting his privacy,In the summer two American tourists managed to get into the grounds at Woodlands and took video footage of Sir Pau's home and cars and posted it on the internet.Sir Paul's estranged wife Heather Mills McCartney is said to be planning to leave England for America after putting the £625,000 Beckley home (right) she owns on the market.She bought the five-bedroomed Grade II listed barn conversion after splitting from Sir Paul in May. It is only a few miles away from Sir Paul's 950-acre estate.But she has spent little time there, preferring to stay at her beach-front home in Hove.Friends of Heather say she has received a string of job offers in America and recently gave her first televised interview on the divorce to Sir Paul, 64, on American television.She told the show: "I get nothing but support in America. People want to come up and give me a hug."Heather's personal trainer and bodyguard is former Rye man Ben Amagoni, who she met when he worked at Hilden Health Centre in Rye.