David and Victoria Beckham's plans to dig a lake in the grounds of their epic Cotswolds country pile will not go ahead. The famous couple - who also own a swish London town house - reportedly submitted plans to have a sprawling lake covering 3000 square metres built on the land of their plush Oxfordshire retreat but West Oxfordshire District Council has blocked the proposal in order to protect the local wildlife.
The Sun newspaper reports that paperwork putting a stop to any plans for the water feature read: "The loss of the grassland will potentially impact on protected and priority species including amphibians (including great crested newts), reptiles, mammals and ground nesting birds... "The grassland may also show botanical interest."
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