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A nudist club is getting coy after plans were submitted for a high-rise block of flats that would overlook their members on the tennis court.

The White House Club could barely believe it when proposals were put forward for a development next to their leafy grounds.

The club in Whyteleafe, Surrey, is enjoyed by 300 naturists , who go skinnydipping in its 50ft outdoor pool, take part in naked barbecues and enjoy basketball, badminton and bowls in the nude.

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But club members prancing about in the nude playing tennis will be entirely visible from the top floor of the proposed flats.

They say their fun is potentially being ruined by the prospect of people watching them as they bounce the balls around.

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David Mason, one of the directors, said: "This has for many years been a naturist club - we celebrated our 80th anniversary in 2013. It is a haven of peace in the neighbourhood.

"We are concerned about this development, and the potential for overlooking of our club grounds, and especially of our tennis courts, which are situated in a corner of our property immediately across from the proposed developments in question."

The plans, submitted to Tandbridge District Council, involve building 36 flats and 40 parking spaces.

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Mr Mason said if planning permission is granted any windows from which the club's grounds are visible must be in frosted glass to protect the club members' dignity.

It's not the first time the nudist club's privacy has come under threat.

Planning permission was granted in 2011 for a high-rise complex of 167 flats but the development has not yet gone ahead.

Alan Gunne-Jones, an agent for Aventier Limited, the developers behind the latest scheme, told the Telegraph that landscaping would be incorporated into the development.