David and Victoria Beckham appear to be embroiled in a planning dispute with their neighbours, who are contesting fresh development projects on the couple’s Cotswolds estate.
After it was reported that the ex-footballer, 48, and fashion designer, 49, intended to build a greenhouse on their £12 million estate, they were accused of seeking to bring’suburbia’ to the countryside.
Locals were allegedly outraged when the celebrity couple asked permission to construct a second access road to their house.
According to The Sun, the road was required in order to begin construction on the proposed plot and glass home.
According to the publication, a resident wrote to the local council to protest the new development projects.
‘I believe, as many in the surrounding area suggest, the applicants want a longer drive into their property, rather than the short drive from the lane they currently use to have access to their property, this may be because the public have access all the way down this lane because it is a public road,’ he allegedly wrote in a letter.
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‘I have been speaking to people in the business of supplying greenhouses in the United Kingdom all have said “this greenhouse could be erected within a period of 2/3 months at the most.
‘“Why do the applicants require a temporary construct on access for 2 years on a public footpath?”
‘I am always amazed at those who come to live in the countryside and then want to bring in suburbia, they are not content to live in a natural country environment, they want “to build a lake”, not content with a small lake they then want to enlarge it to some 4 acres with an island so they can have picnics on the island.
‘The applicants defended their plans, saying they would recreate a classic English meadow scene, well if that was the case I would change my landscape architect because [famous garden designer] Capability Brown would never have designed a garden, with such features as huge football pitched, a spectator stand, an outdoor pool, and a sauna.
‘Classic English? I don’t think so.
‘I am surprised they have not applied for a funfair ride to be installed on the remainder of the 2 acres left as garden now that they have enlarged the curtilage of the residential area.
‘I have a home in the area, but am working away from the UK since 2019 and Covid but I’ll have weekly updates on what is going on in the area.’
David and Victoria began spending time in the countryside after purchasing their property for a cool £6 million in 2017.
