Former Football Association boss Adam Crozier who is now the chairman of BT wants to demolish his new £3million home – so he can replace it with a dream mansion.
Crozier (57), who also served as the chief executive at ITV and Royal Mail, spent an eye-watering amount on the house with five bedrooms six months ago.
He and his wife Annette have now submitted plans to bulldoze the property and build a new ‘Arts & Crafts’-style mansion in its place on a private estate in Surrey.
Crozier’s proposed new home has a swimming pool and jacuzzi in its landscaped grounds as well as adaptations to help their adult learning disabled daughter.
The plans include a bedroom and studio flat accommodation above a garage which is connected to the main house and is for the use of their daughter’s carer.
Adam Crozier, the former boss of the Football Association, has submitted plans to bulldoze his £3million five-bedroom home (pictured) in Surrey, which he bought just six months ago, so he can replace it with a mansion worth around £5million
Adam Crozier is a former Football Association boss and now he is the chairman at BT.
Crozier’s proposed new home has a swimming pool and jacuzzi in its landscaped grounds as well as adaptations to help their adult learning disabled daughter
But Crozier who earns a reported £700,000 a year faces having to take steps to protect bats if he gets the go-ahead to build the new house worth around £5million.
According to planning documents, a bat survey revealed that droppings of brown long-eared bats were found in the attic area of an existing house. It was constructed in the 1960s. The house has been renovated several times throughout the years.
A design and access statement accompanying his planning application states: ‘The number of droppings recorded indicated occasional use by individual bats.’
According to the report, a European Protected Species Licence is required to permit the project to move forward.
To provide a place for bats to rest, four bat boxes will be placed on trees adjacent to the construction.
Architects insist that the bat survey and an ecological report show that the demolition and building of a new home should have ‘no detrimental impact on ecological interests’ and would ‘enhance biodiversity’.
This proposed new home has a ground level hall, sitting and study rooms, kitchens, dining areas, living room, kitchenette, dining room, and a lift. It also includes a verandah, communications, electrics, and a lounge.
The jacuzzi can be found under an oak-framed covered porch that is accessible from the living room.
The terrace is planned to descend into an area of natural stones paving around an outdoor pool, which will be overlooked by a Gaze Burvill seat.
Crozier and his wife Annette have now submitted plans to bulldoze the property (pictured) and build a new ‘Arts & Crafts’-style mansion in its place on a private estate in Surrey
The floor plans for the proposed new house which has a ground floor hall, sitting room, study, kitchen, dining room, a lift, a snug, verandah, as well as a communications and electrics room
The design statement says that Crozier and his wife want to create an ‘Arts & Crafts style family home that provides comfortable and informal accommodation with a sense of established heritage.’
It adds: ‘The applicants see this proposal as their forever family home where grandchildren will come to stay and where they can make provision for their adult learning disabled daughter, cared for at home, supported overnight with a carer.
‘The proposed dwelling has been rotated to benefit the sunlight and views over the garden to the south.
‘Leading off from the family kitchen/living room is an oak-framed covered terrace with Jacuzzi, which steps down to natural stone paving surrounding the swimming pool.
‘The existing buildings on the site are of limited merit and require considerable refurbishment and as a consequence the applicants have decided to replace with a single holistic design.
‘Mr and Mrs Crozier are committed to a long-term approach to the house and site. They would like to erect a replacement house of good quality, natural materials and implement a sensitive landscaping plan, which will conserve and reinforce the existing natural landscape.’
The statement goes on to say that the new house will have air source heating and ‘rainwater harvesting to meet and exceed current building standards for energy and water efficiency’.
It add that the house will be ‘highly efficient’ through ‘optimised insulation levels, passive solar gain and thermal mass’.
Crozier’s current home, located on a private estate in Weybridge, Surrey, is thought to cost around £3million
Crozier and Crozier submitted plans that would see the couple’s current house bulldozed, and a new home built.
Celebrities have made the exclusive space around the house home, including Michael Aspel and Eamonn Holmes (TV presenters), and Theo Pathitis (Dragons’ Den)
Elmbridge Borough Council will make the final decision on whether or not the planning consent is granted for the project. So far, there have been no objections from neighbours.
The exclusive area around the house is home to celebrities including TV presenters Eamonn Holmes and Michael Aspel, and Dragons’ Den star Theo Pathitis, as well as a number of Russian tycoons.
Crozier was a leader in many big-name organizations, although not without controversy.
Between 1999 and 2002, he served as chief executive at The Football Association. This was when the organization underwent a major restructuring and modernization that resulted in significant increases in revenues.
Crozier also brought in Sven-Goran Eriksson as the national team’s first non-English coach and proceeded with plans for a new Wembley stadium.
He was also accused of acting outside his scope of responsibility, not consulting properly and setting unrealistic expectations.
In 2003, he became the Royal Mail’s chief executive. He oversaw modernisation and redundancies and was named as Chief Executive of Royal Mail in 2010.
He led the closure of 5,800 local post offices. Sunday collection and second post were axed in order to reduce costs.
His tenure also saw a 14p increase in the price of first-class stamps to record levels of 41p
From 2010 to 2017, he was ITV’s chief executive and subsequently took over the top job at BT.
Crozier, despite his business successes, has admitted that he is not a fan of publicity.
According to the Guardian, 2007 Scotsman: “I absolutely hate it.” It’s the strangest thing about my last three jobs that I have done: I hate them all. [the public profile]’
He added: ‘I will go to enormous lengths not to do public things – because it is just not me.’