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Council jobsworths have given Rolling Stone Ronnie Wood an ultimatum over his bright pink front door, telling him to 'paint it black'.
Ronnie, 79, an acclaimed artist, has for years had a pink door at the £7million Maida Vale mansion in north-west London he bought with his third wife Sally in 2017.
Now Westminster City Council has ordered him to replace pink with a neutral tone, favouring the colour mentioned in the Stones' 1966 hit.
The council has refused retrospective planning permission to a string of homes on the road in one of London's most upmarket areas.
Ronnie and his neighbours have been told 'incongruous' colours 'harm the appearance and special architectural interest' of their properties.
A source close to Ronnie said: 'The council does not like your door being painted a different colour. They like them black.'
Ronnie, who has ten-year-old twin girls with Sally, decided to paint the front door bright pink while keeping the front gate painted black, seemingly complying with council regulations.
'Then someone took a photo of the door and said, "You can't have it that colour",' the source said. 'Ronnie applied to the council and it agreed, 'No, you can't have that colour – paint it black'. It's annoying.'
In a bizarre callback to his band's number-one single Paint It Black, jobsworth council officials ordered Mr Wood to replace the vibrant frontage with a more neutral tone
Mr Wood pictured with third wife Sally in May. The rocker married the theatre producer in 2012 - three years after his divorce from Jo Wood after 24 years together
The front door of the rock legend's £7million Maida Vale mansion - which he bought with wife Sally in 2017 - was for years decorated in bright pink paint
Father-of-six Ronnie married theatre producer Sally Humphreys, 48, in 2012 – three years after his divorce from model Jo Wood after 24 years together.
His representatives have been approached for comment. But he is not the only well-heeled resident affected by the council's prescriptive rules.
His neighbour, Bafta-winning continuity supervisor Angela Allen, 97, said she was one of the first in the street to be told to repaint her door.
Ms Allen, who worked on classic films including The Third Man and The African Queen, has had a lengthy battle with the council to keep her original blue colour.
She said she was ultimately forced by officials to redecorate her front door – or face a £30,000 fine.
'I'm 97 but I still argue with the council,' she said. 'A neighbour had a shocking pink door and a lady further down had blue because she liked our blue.
I asked the council about the colour before I painted it five years ago, so it's taken five years for them to get back.'
Other families in the neighbourhood also reacted with disappointment that their brightly coloured doors may have to be painted black.
Westminster City Council has refused retrospective planning permission to a string of properties on the road, including the Rolling Stone's home, pictured
BAFTA-winning continuity supervisor Angela Allen, pictured, says she was one of the first on the street to be told to repaint her door
Colourful front doors are a key feature of the plush neighbourhood in west London
One, David – whose front door is a vibrant orange – said: 'Ours has been this colour for two or three years. I like the colour, for sure.
'But I can also see that streets with uniform colour are more authentic because people wouldn't have had orange doors when they built these homes in 1860, or whenever it was. I'd be disappointed but we would repaint it if we have to.'
Westminster City Council was approached for comment.
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