Richard Curtis, who created 4 Weddings and Funeral in addition to Love Truly, is embroiled in his personal drama over plans to construct 30 pitches in a celeb-crammed village
Love Truly legend Richard Curtis has swapped crimson carpets for crimson tape – after a bust-up over a deliberate campsite in his swanky Suffolk village.
The rom-com king has been embroiled in his personal drama over plans to construct 30 pitches in celeb-crammed Walberswick. The seaside haven can also be dwelling to actress Keira Knightley, Bourne trilogy director Paul Greengrass, Strolling Useless star David Morrissey, and radio DJ Simon Mayo.
4 Weddings and Funeral author Richard, 68, objected to the campsite in “the strongest phrases”, claiming it will wreck the “exceptional” village he adores. However the native authority has granted approval for the camp.
In a letter to East Suffolk Council, Richard and his spouse Emma Freud warned it will “destroy the ecosystem and stability,” including: “We discover this plan so worrying.” The couple worry a summer season invasion of tents, visitors jams and tossed takeaway bins would break their tranquil coastal gem which they boast has a “distinctive mixture of nature, historical past and peacefulness”.
Suffolk superfan Richard typically gushes about his love of the county and says the world has impressed a lot of his movies. He beforehand stated he feels “amazingly fortunate” to have a house in Walberswick.
Emma’s household have had a house within the village since her household fled the Nazis within the Thirties.
Landowner Sir Charles Blois, who lodged the applying, insists it’s solely a “modest enterprise” which might run for simply two months a 12 months. His plans had been submitted in April and a call was made in November to grant prior approval with situations.
Miffed Richard and Emma say their beloved village is already underneath siege from LionLink, a Nationwide Grid scheme linking Britain’s energy to the Netherlands.
Emma’s creator cousin, Esther Freud – whose e-book Hideous Kinky turned a movie starring Kate Winslet – was additionally concerned in a struggle in opposition to the undertaking.
East Suffolk Council stated in its approval doc: “As native planning authority hereby give discover that prior approval is required and hereby granted for the above improvement proposed in your utility and plan(s) connected thereto. Because of this the proposal is permitted improvement and doesn’t require planning permission.”
There have been two situations connected, so as to add an ‘interpretation signal on the pedestrian exit from the location highlighting the significance of habitats’ and that any improvement be carried out in response to regionally recognised accredited planning paperwork.
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