{"id":88002,"date":"2023-11-25T07:26:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-25T07:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=88002"},"modified":"2023-11-25T07:26:29","modified_gmt":"2023-11-25T07:26:29","slug":"we-hate-our-famous-neighbours-cabin-it-was-built-without-planning-permission-and-made-our-lives-a-misery-for-2-years-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/we-hate-our-famous-neighbours-cabin-it-was-built-without-planning-permission-and-made-our-lives-a-misery-for-2-years-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"We hate our famous neighbour\u2019s cabin – it was built without planning permission and made our lives a misery for 2 YEARS | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
FUMING residents say they hate their famous neighbour's new cabin – claiming it was built without planning permission and has made their lives a misery for two years.<\/p>\n
British Superbike champion Tommy Bridewell and his ex-grid girl wife Stacey have set up their Four Paws Grooming business in a luxurious wooden cabin on their 11-acre farm in a peaceful Wiltshire village.<\/p>\n
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They built both the cabin and a sprawling stable block and tack room without planning permission, before applying for it retrospectively.<\/p>\n
The couple's neighbours said they are constantly woken up at night by horses, sheep and wild animals setting off a motion sensor light.<\/p>\n
Bridewell applied to the local council for retrospective consent and has now been given the go-ahead to keep the structures.<\/p>\n
But their fuming neighbours have slammed the couple's behaviour – saying they've shown "no respect".<\/p>\n
One, who asked not to be identified for fear of reprisals, said:\u00a0"Since they moved here a couple of years ago, they\u2019ve made zero effort to integrate in the community.<\/p>\n "We are a very welcoming bunch and we extended that courtesy towards them from the start, but they have shown none in return.<\/p>\n "Instead they\u2019ve made our lives a misery with their non-stop building work, noise and light pollution from all the security lighting they\u2019ve put up everywhere.<\/p>\n "I had some work done on my house a few years ago and I made a point of informing all my neighbours that there might be a bit noise and apologised in advance.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n "But this pair have not shown the same respect. They didn\u2019t warn anyone about the constant noise and traffic – they didn\u2019t even bother getting planning permission.<\/p>\n "To me, that is plain arrogant and disrespectful to the other villagers living here."<\/p>\n Another neighbour said: "These two are making our lives an utter misery with their renovations. <\/p>\n "It\u2019s been two years of banging and clanging and we\u2019ve had enough.<\/p>\n "They don\u2019t talk to any of us about the work – we just wake up and see that something else has gone up."<\/p>\n They added: "We\u2019ll see new bright lights coming from another part of the farm.<\/p>\n "I don\u2019t know which is worse – that they just went ahead with the work without bothering to get planning permission, or that planning permission was actually given for this monstrosity in our eye line.<\/p>\n "We should have been consulted in the proper way and our views should have been listened to and acted on."<\/p>\n Local Pip Davey wrote: "The residents were warmly welcomed until lack of consideration and abuse of the planning process became clear and repetitive.<\/p>\n "The applicant's statement that residents are complaining because they dislike change is inaccurate and offensive.<\/p>\n "More than anything else, we object to the repeated used of retrospective planning."<\/p>\n She added: "As a community, we have no say in local development when our opinion is sought only after the construction is complete.<\/p>\n "Granting consent now feels like tacit permission for everyone to do as they wish and ask for consent only when caught.<\/p>\n "Local people would like to see a firmer approach to this."<\/p>\n The couple were initially given the green light to build a new chalet-style home complete with a snug, study, boot room and dog room after buying the plot of land for \u00a3263,000.<\/p>\n Papers lodged at Wiltshire Council reveal that the dog grooming business was set up without consent two years ago, opening from 8.30am to 4pm from Monday to Saturday.<\/p>\n The couple then secured permission for the cabin and the stables retrospectively after seeking professional advice.<\/p>\n Bridewell's wife Stacey works one-to-one with four to five daily customers who drop off and collect their dogs at allotted times with parking for 10 cars – but no motorbikes.<\/p>\n One supportive resident wrote: "There seems to be a little negativity surrounding this site.<\/p>\n "I live just up the road and am a customer of the local business at this address. <\/p>\n "I have seen no end of hard work from a young couple making their dreams a reality.<\/p>\n "I feel we should give people a chance to finish a project before picking it apart. <\/p>\n "The horses and sheep just add to the enjoyment surely?"<\/p>\n Bridewell, 35, won this year's British Superbike Championship by just half a point from team-mate Glenn Irwin in the final race at Brands Hatch.<\/p>\n In an interview last year, he said: "Partly why we bought it was because of the view really. <\/p>\n "I'd rather see a motorbike track than a field in all honesty.<\/p>\n "Of a weekend, we're banging bars, we're doing nearly 200mph down the straights, we're moaning because the bike's not fast enough, we're always trying to find that absolutely maximum.<\/p>\n "To then come back home and me driving a tractor around the field or sat in my JCB lifting pallets and blocks, everything is calm. <\/p>\n "It allows me to catch my breath really, to get my energy back."<\/p>\n Planning officer Jonathan James said: "It is considered that the development is acceptable in principle.<\/p>\n "It would not have a significant impact on the amenity of any nearby residential properties to justify a reason for refusal in this instance."<\/p>\n Speaking on the phone to The Sun, Stacey Bridewell said that she could not face a potential loss of earnings while waiting for permission to build the cabin.<\/p>\n She said she applied for planning permission retrospectively after she was advised by a professional that this was legal.<\/p>\n Stacey added that she applied retrospectively for planning permission for a concrete base under the stables, which are on a slope.<\/p>\n She said that only the base needed permission, which was granted retrospectively.<\/p>\n Stacey also said that security lights were installed so horses could be safely ridden on the farm, and that these were removed after a neighbour complained.<\/p>\n She added that planning permission was granted before construction for a new wall and gates at the farm's entrance.<\/p>\n The wall was originally meant to be built from timber, but the couple got planning permission again after deciding to switch to brick.<\/p>\n Speaking on the phone, Stacey said: "It's laughable. We're not stupid, we haven't played games with the council. <\/p>\n "We had to sell everything to move here and make our future. 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