Ed Sheeran reportedly criticised by Suffolk neighbours for using “wildlife pond” as swimming pool

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Ed Sheeran has reportedly been criticised by his neighbours in Suffolk for using a “wildlife pond” he applied to get built in his estate as a swimming pool.Daily Mail reports that an Instagram video that Sheeran shared earlier this week (August 19) has rekindled tensions between the singer and his neighbours.

In the clip, which is narrated TikTok-style by friend Benny Blanco “for the lols”, Sheeran shows fans a day in his life – and it includes a shot of Sheeran taking a dive in the pool in a pair of swimming trunks.A post shared by Ed Sheeran (@teddysphotos)The issue here for his neighbours is that, per Daily Mail, Sheeran applied to local council in 2016 for permission to build the pool in his £3.7million estate by calling it a “wildlife pond”.

Planning documents state that the pond would “support nature conservation” and provide “a natural habitat for insects, amphibians and birds”.Since then, his neighbours have been up in arms over what appears to them to be a personal swimming pool instead of a “wildlife pond”.

In 2019, council authorities deemed there was no planning breach after a visit following local complaints.Sheeran’s Instagram post has since gotten neighbours riled up over the pool again.