Sheer cheek!
Singer builds ‘Sheeranville’ estate – then tries to ban neighbour’s garden extension
eD SheeRaN’S plans for his country estate have generated almost as many rows as he’s had number one hits.
Now the tables have turned, however – with the pop star, 29, objecting to proposals to extend the garden next door.
Neighbour Tony Robinson said he is ‘very disappointed’ at Sheeran’s objection to his application to extend his back garden by incorporating part of a paddock which runs alongside the singer’s £3.7million estate.
Dubbed ‘Sheeranville’, his Suffolk residence, where he lives with his wife cherry Seaborn, includes five houses, a football pitch, an orchard, an outdoor kitchen, entertainment area and a ‘wildlife pond’, which was the subject of complaints last year.
In 2018 council officials challenged him over an outdoor sauna and a pub-style sign on a Grade II-listed barn. he was told to apply for planning permission or remove them. Plans for a chapel were also refused, before a revised scheme was approved last autumn. mr Robinson’s proposal, submitted to east Suffolk council, says most of his garden is in front of his house and offers ‘little quiet enjoyment’ because it isn’t ‘private or secluded’.
extending his garden would have ‘little or no detrimental impact upon the amenity of neighbouring properties’, the submission adds.
but an objection on Sheeran’s behalf has been made by Paul Smith, of apex Planning consultants. mr Smith said the new garden would ‘look out of place in the village’ and ‘would extend the village into the countryside in an unplanned and artificial way’, but added that the singer was happy to compromise.
mr Robinson said: ‘I am very disappointed as I formally supported his last planning application to build his chapel in the adjacent field right under my oak tree. The council will have to decide whether our proposal is reasonable.’ Representatives for Sheeran did not comment.