Plans to turn a security office in the grounds of the late Paul O’Grady’s estate into a house three times the size have been met with opposition from environmentalists. Proposals to transform the redundant building at the much-loved TV star’s home near Ashford have been lodged by his widower, Andre Portasio. Mr Portasio inherited the property from his husband following his death at their home in Aldington, near Ashford, in March last year, aged 67. The ballet dancer has submitted proposals to Ashford Borough Council to change of use of the building to residential, to allow him to covert it int…
