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Rita Ora is reportedly embroiled in a bitter dispute with her neighbours over plans to build a state-of-the-art gym in the garden of her £7.5million Grade II-listed London home.
According to The Sun, the 34-year-old singer’s architect submitted proposals for the facility, which would be constructed in a sunken courtyard at the property, but the plans have left local residents furious.
An entire nearby block of flats is said to have jointly lodged a complaint opposing the build.
Their objection reportedly reads: ‘Residents who chose this area for its tranquillity should not be forced to live with artificial lighting, amplified sound or loss of privacy.’
They added: ‘Although acoustic insulation is mentioned, the inclusion of bifold doors suggests that music and voice projection could occur at any hour.
‘The neighbouring property has a strict rule prohibiting large gatherings or parties, adopted precisely to preserve peace and respect among neighbours.
‘This proposal undermines that shared understanding and carries the potential to generate conflict, complaints and even legal disputes.’
They also claimed: ‘This proposal has been drafted (deliberately or not) with minimum impact to the owner but with apparent disregard for the multiple adverse effects on surrounding neighbours.’
Another complaint, according to the publication, raised concerns about the impact on local wildlife, questioning whether the construction would displace squirrels and foxes.
Daily Mail has contacted Rita’s representative for comment.
It comes after the pop star is set to release new music on behalf of a huge Netflix show.
The How We Do hitmaker has recently been in the studio cooking something up for the dating series Love Is Blind UK.
According to reports, she is set to bring out a song named Joy – which is a powerful track about ‘finding inner peace’ and is expected to be released in the coming days.
A source told The Sun: ‘It’s no secret that Rita loves love, so she jumped at the chance to record a track for Love Is Blind UK.’
She is set to release her fourth studio album very soon, but Joy won’t be a part of it.
They described Joy as a ‘mini side-project’ rather than being part of the new album.
The source added: ‘The song will be used on the show and be available to stream, but there are no plans for a video or to send it to.’
It comes after Rita admitted that she felt ‘ugly’ in her late twenties because she ‘wasn’t as thin as other people’.
The singer appeared on Fearne Cotton’s Happy Place podcast in partnership with Dove’s Self Esteem Project for a candid body confidence chat.
Rita opened up about how her relationship with her body has changed in recent years, as she revealed she used to feel like her body wasn’t ‘hot’.
‘I think for me the idea of looking a certain way in my late 20s, that’s when it started to hit me because my stamina was low, I wasn’t looking after my body, I was getting sick a lot and I didn’t feel like my body was hot,’ Rita said.
‘And I didn’t accept the idea of okay well I’m not as thin as these other people – and so I’m ugly. And that’s really sad to think back on because I know I wasn’t.
‘It’s like what you do when you’re attacking your younger self like in therapy, and it’s like that girl was still really beautiful.’
