Locals in a quiet rural suburb are locked in a planning battle with a pilates instructor who built a wellness centre in her grandparents' back garden. Megan Smith, 24, has enraged neighbours by transforming an outhouse behind her grandad's £825,000 Norfolk home into a pilates studio - fit with an onsite cafe, ice baths and sauna. Another local resident added: 'It is suggested that this planning application if successful will lead to improvements in participants physical and mental health. 'If this proves to be the case it will be at a cost to the local residents mental health. 'The development delivers meaningful health, wellbeing, and social benefits and is fully consistent with national, local, and neighbourhood planning policy.'

Source: Daily Mail January 05, 2026 00:57 UTC