It's been many years since former wild boy John Taylor turned his back on the excesses of a rock and roll lifestyle.
The Duran Duran bass player found the perfect safe haven to escape his addictions after buying a Spanish-style villa in the Hollywood Hills three decades ago.
Now, after making a permanent move back to the UK, it would appear the veteran musician is not ready to abandon the must-have 'wellness' essentials that go with modern-day life for the Tinseltown glitterati.
As he settles into a quieter life in the English countryside, the svelte one-time New Romantic has drawn up plans to build a state-of-the-art 'home gymnasium suite' at his spectacular 15th-century manor house in Wiltshire.
Planning documents show Taylor, 66, believes he has found the perfect spot on his 260-acre estate for the new health complex which includes a large pilates studio and a self-contained standalone sauna.
The blueprints show the star and his American designer wife Gela Nash-Taylor, 72, want to revamp dilapidated outbuildings which are tucked away from the ten-bedroom Tudor manor and sit alongside a butler's cottage and stables.
While the Grade I-listed property is described as a medieval home of 'national historic significance', Taylor's agents insist the modern features will not harm the heritage of the property.
The plans show the star wants to convert a workshop into the pilates studio complete with a washroom.
The works include replacing a 'poor quality' artificial roof with natural stone slates, removing the existing roof light and inserting a glazed dormer facing away from the manor house.
The floor, described as 'a modern concrete slab', will be lowered to increase headroom, while the door will be relocated and windows will be reconfigured.
Other alterations include 'the introduction of internal finishes of high quality'.
Architects say the workshop dates from the 1970s and has little historic significance.
The sauna is to be built in a pavilion next door which dates from the 19th century.
Constructed of rubble stone walls with a natural stone slate roof, it had been used for storage but is currently empty.
Landscaping will include adding stepped accesses to the workshop and pavilion to suit lowered internal floor levels.
In a design statement, Taylor's agents said: 'These proposals seek to make alterations to repurpose a relatively modest modern building of low heritage significance and a pavilion building of heritage significance which is currently unused and in need of urgent repair and re-purposing.' No objections have been raised by neighbours, while Historic England chose not to offer advice on the application, while stressing that this should not be interpreted as a view on its merits.
There is one off-key note, however, after bats were found using buildings on the estate, prompting concerns over whether the proposed works would disturb the protected mammals.
Ecological surveys recorded three species of bat, with four common pipistrelles seen emerging from the stable block during a survey in June.
The accompanying report warns that work affecting areas used by the animals would require a low-impact licence from Natural England.
While Wiltshire Council has yet to make a decision on the application, the authority's ecologist has lodged an objection pending further information.
They have asked for clarification about precisely where the bats are roosting and whether the proposed development would affect them.
Taylor was a founding member of Duran Duran when they formed in Birmingham in 1978 before going on to achieve massive global success.
Their chart-topping hits, including The Reflex, Wild Boys, Rio and A View to a Kill, helped turn the band into one of the defining acts of the 1980s and they went on to sell more than 100 million records.
Taylor left the group in 1997 to pursue a solo recording and film career, before returning in 2001 when the band's original line-up reunited.
In his 2012 memoir 'In the Pleasure Groove', he revealed how his hedonistic lifestyle on the road led to alcohol and cocaine addictions and almost destroyed his life.
Born Nigel John Taylor, the star told how before discovering music as a teenager he had been a somewhat 'nerdy' child who wore glasses and enjoyed wargaming with hand-painted model soldiers.
Revealing how he succumbed to the temptations of being a member of one of the world's biggest bands he wrote: 'One thing I discovered on tour in 1981 was that girls - in all languages - liked taking drugs with me.
'Even though I had....
