BECK AND CALL We’re sick of Beckhams & ‘pointless’ plans for £12m mansion – they moved into OUR neighbourhood but always moan about it
FOOTBALL legend David Beckham has been slammed by neighbours over his plans for a giant greenhouse, allotment and a new road.
Angry residents claim the ex-England, Manchester United and Real Madrid star is putting pressure on a local council to push through changes at his £12million Cotswolds home.
Former Three Lions captain Beckham, 48, and 49-year-old wife Victoria have been granted planning permission for a glasshouse and raised kitchen garden so they can grow their own fruit and veg.
And he’s now asked for approval to construct another road into his pad while the greenhouse is built, in the village of Great Tew in Oxfordshire.
One man, who didn’t want to be named, said: “These applications keep coming thick and fast from the Beckhams since they moved in.
“It seems that they are never satisfied with what they’ve got, which in one way is a good trait but not when it comes at the expense of the community.”
Another long-term resident in the village pointed to the proximity of the posh Soho Farmhouse resort as a potential reason behind the latest application.
He said: “The Beckhams have been moaning for the last few years about the traffic going down the lane past their property on the way to Soho House.
“It’s always very busy, especially on Fridays and Mondays when people are arriving and leaving and as it’s only a single track down from the main road it can lead to congestion outside their house.
“I think their plan to build another road into their property is just to avoid the traffic.”
Another local added: “If it had been anyone else but the Beckhams this would have been thrown out ages ago, but they can afford fancy lawyers to find holes in the council’s policies and exploit them.
“That sort of approach just isn’t open to ordinary people who can’t afford such luxuries.”
A neighbour has formally objected to the Beckhams’ new plans.
She wrote to West Oxfordshire District Council, saying: “It is a needless use of materials.
