SIR Cliff Richard will demolish a conservatory at his Virginia Water home after he failed in his appeal against a council order.

The singer was told in June last year to remove the structure from his home on the Wentworth Estate, Pinewood Road, after applying to Runnymede Borough Council for retrospective planning permission.

He made a final bid to keep the conservatory, which was built in 2006, but the appeal was dismissed by the Planning Inspectorate in December.

The council previously said the extension contravened its green belt policy, which states that any additions to properties should not exceed 30% of the original building’s floor space

Sir Cliff’s planning agent, Dave Farrell, said on Monday: “It was only a conservatory and it didn’t have any impact on the green belt, but the inspectorate came down on the side of it being a percentage increase over and above the 1986 development.

“You can look at two different things five different ways and come up with five different answers. So he will remove the conservatory now.”