Neighbour’s new balcony no joke for comedy star Katherine

COMEDIENNE Katherine Ryan failed to see the funny side when one of her London neighbours built a balcony overlooking her swimming pool without planning permission.

‘Due to my background in urban planning, I was able to report them,’ says the Canadian comic, who studied city planning at university in Toronto. ‘I’m not a snitch, but their prejudicing of my property actually devalues my property.’

Ryan, 38, who stars in Channel 4 hit 8 Out Of 10 Cats, lives with civil partner Bobby Kootstra, their ten-month-old son Frederick, and her daughter Violet from a previous relationship.

She adds: ‘I have 12-year-old girls in the swimming pool and then a bunch of builders like leaning over that balcony smoking. I rang the council.

‘I feel bad about it, but then I convinced myself not to. They have to take it down.’