David and Victoria Beckham in fresh row as furious neighbour officially lodges complaint about £12m Cotswolds estate
DAVID and Victoria Beckham have been accused of “bringing suburbia” to the countryside over plans to build a giant greenhouse at their £12m Cotswolds estate.
The couple has asked planners for permission to build a second access road to the country home so the allotment and glass house can be built.
But an angry local has written a withering complaint letter to the local council, opposing the plans.
He wrote: “I believe, as do 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 because the public have access all the way down this lane because it is a public road.
“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?
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"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.”
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Planners will rule on the road application in the coming weeks.
David, 47, and Victoria, 48, often spend long weekends at their Cotswolds pile after snapping it up for £6million in 2017.
They pumped cash into renovating the Grade II listed barn conversion, which has a sauna, safari tent and football pitch.
The couple previously came under fire from locals after their plans to build a huge lake.
They ended up winning approval for the council, as long as they didn’t use motorised boats on it.
It is now said to be worth £12million.
A rep for the Beckhams had no comment when contacted by The Sun.
