David and Victoria Beckham's hasty u-turn after fury at £12m mansion plans
David and Victoria Beckham have reportedly pulled the plug on plans to build a new road 'the length of three football pitches' through the Cotswolds countryside. The couple are said to have faced fury from miffed-off neighbours over the request at their £12million home.
Former England striker David, 48, and his fashion designer wife, 49, were hoping to construct a brand-new 250-metre-long road between their massive mansion and a nearby farm track, something residents called 'pointless'. They had already been granted permission to build a new greenhouse, which the road would have been connected to. But, according to planning documents, the pair's plans for the controversial access road have since been 'withdrawn'.
David and Victoria have made a u-turn on recent plans, according to reports (victoriabeckham/Instagram)"Further to our recent communication I confirm that the application described above has now been treated as withdrawn," a note from senior planner James Nelson dated August 25 reads, per MailOnline.
"Use of existing farm track from C13400 (adjacent to New Gardens Cottage) as temporary construction access track (two years) to serve Maplewood Barn plus formation of approximately 250m of new access track (95m in agricultural land and 155m within residential garden). At: Maplewood Barn Great Tew Chipping Norton Oxfordshire."
David and Victoria bought the giant home in Great Tew for £6million back in 2016, adding two pools and a tennis court – which was later transformed into a football pitch. Locals didn't like the couple's previous plans but weren't able to stop them. However, it appears the outrage seems to have worked this time as the pair's new road plans, submitted in June, are no more. "There is already an access road to the property," blasted one critic on the planning platform.
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They bought the home for £6million in 2016 (Andrew Lloyd / SplashNews.com)"So what is the point of laying another road just to build a fancy greenhouse," they asked, branding the entire ordeal a 'pointless and a waste of resources'. According to The Sun, another wrote in the comments: "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."
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