LESS-than 'perfect housewife' Anthea Turner is in trouble with Waverley Borough Council after being told to demolish an illegally built £500,000 pavilion and tennis court at her Dunsfold home.

The TV presenter and husband Grant Bovey could be taken to court if they don't comply with an enforcement notice demanding they remove the 72.7square metre complex, which was built without planning permission.

The luxury pavilion, which has a kitchen/sitting room, shower and lavatory, had already been built when they applied for retropective planning permission.

Permission was refused, but councillors heard the Astroturf tennis court, floodlighting and pavilion were still standing at the 50-acre Babins estate near Chiddingfold.

Meanwhile the couple have lodged an appeal, which, if it fails, means they have six months to comply. If they don't, the council can take the couple to court – or even move in to destroy it.

A council spokesman said: "If the inspector dismisses their appeal then the notice kicks-in and they have six months to implement the requirements of the notice.

"If they fail to implement the notice this is a criminal offence and the council can then either prosecute the owners for failure to comply and/or take direct action and implement the requirements of the notice."

Councillors refused planning permission in February because the development contravened planning policy to protect the countryside. After making a site visit they noticed a "substantial" unauthorised extension on the back of the main house.

Permission was previously granted for a tennis court, but in a different place.

Anthea, 48, who helped celebrate 50 years of the children's programme Blue Peter last month, has been touring to promote her book The Perfect Christmas.