Guy Ritchie wins planning battle to erect luxury wooden cabins for wealthy clients at his £9million country estate after downsizing the development plans
- Wealthy clients including David Beckham often frequent the site
- Mr Ritchie’s famous estate even contains a microbrewery with a bar and dining
Film-making legend Guy Ritchie has won a planning battle to allow him to erect luxury holiday cabins at his country shooting estate.
The Snatch director’s proposals were met with dismay from neighbours who objected his bid to replace an old barn with 11 wooden cabins.
Mr Ritchie, 54, has established an internationally-renowned sporting estate at his Ashcombe Estate in Wiltshire.
The estate now contains a premier pheasant, partridge and clay pigeon shoot, fishing lakes and even a microbrewery with a bar and dining facilities.
The filmmaker had wanted to build high-end overnight accommodation for wealthy clients are rumoured to include David Beckham.
The Ashcombe Estate (pictured), where filmmaker Guy Ritchie has won a planning battle to allow him to erect luxury holiday cabins at his country shooting estate
An example of one of the cabins proposed by Mr Ritchie’s plans
Plans for the cabins (pictured) have been revealed as part of a promotional brochure
The estate now contains a premier pheasant, partridge and clay pigeon shoot, fishing lakes and even a microbrewery with a bar and dining facilities (pictured)
Mr Ritchie even brews his own beer (pictured) on the estate
The plans give an indication of the interior of the six cabins, which will also be used by staff
In a blow to his plans however, planning officials refused the application on the grounds that it was an overdevelopment of an area of outstanding natural beauty (AONB).
Mr Ritchie responded to the objection by reducing the size of the development plans, resubmitting them for a five year permission for six cabins which will be used by both guests and staff.
The cabins will be located at Ashmore Farm, which is part of the sprawling 1,100 acre estate.
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Ritchie first bought Ashcombe House in 2001 for £9 million during his marriage to Madonna.
Wiltshere Council has now approved the second bid, claiming that the cabins will help support Mr Ritchie’s existing rural business.
The single storey cabins with be timber clad with shepherds hut-style curved roofs.
They will be screened by planting and staff will park their cars away from the area to help preserve the sensitive habitat.
In his planning statement which supported the application, Mr Ritchie’s planning agent Tim Reeve said: ‘The Ashgrove Estate, the long time home of the film maker Guy Ritchie, has always been known for its world famous shoot, and this remains the core business.
‘But there has always been a vision that the estate should be an economic hub in the countryside.
‘The farm yard now houses the successful brewery, the famous shoot and the shoot facilities that support it.
‘There has also been an extensive planting scheme around the yard that will come to maturity in the coming years.
‘The yard will continue to be the centre of the shoot, sharing the shoot bar and dining facilities with brewery visitors and occasional private Ashcombe events.
All six will have wooden features in keeping with the rustic surroundings
The filmmaker had wanted to build high-end overnight accommodation on the estate (pictured) for weathly clients are rumoured to include David Beckham
‘The intention is to provide the overnighting shoot guests and their partners with a traditional rural setting missing from the yard in its current form, with magnificent views over the estate.
‘The brewery has demonstrated that local jobs will be created. With an initial expectation of 6 immediate jobs, with further jobs to follow.
‘This will transform the farm yard, enhance the existing shoot and brewery setting and provide jobs and continue the steady enhancement of the estate as a viable commercial entity.’
In granting planning permission Becky Jones, the planning officer at Wiltshire Council, said the cabins will ‘support the existing microbrewery and estate shooting business’ and would not ‘result in any long term significant adverse impacts in terms of the character and landscape of the AONB.’
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