This figure included £100,000 to Kimpton Parish Council, £70,000 to the expansion of Katherine Warington School, and £11,400 for school places for children with learning difficulties.
The 37-year-old bought Kimpton Grange, a former vicarage, in 2009 but failed to sell it, external for an estimated price of £6m in 2018 before putting forward plans for the eco-village in 2022.
Clear Architects said the plans, external were “truly outstanding and innovative” and will ensure a “carbon neutral” development.
They included a gift of land to the parish council, which will become a park and circular walk with a picnic area for members of the public, according to Local Democracy Reporting Service.
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