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Geri and Christian Horner forced to wait for ‘illegal pizza oven’
The pop star and her former Red Bull F1 boss husband share their sprawling, Grade II listed mansion near Banbury.
Earlier this year, the couple sparked fury among their neighbours who accused them of “ruining” the tranquillity of Marston St Lawrence with planning applications.
The Daily Mail reported Mr Horner had installed an “illegal” pizza oven due to it not having planning permission.
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A separate retrospective planning application was later submitted.
This was for “an oak-framed gazebo with lead roof and a brick-built pizza oven” which the report states isn’t fully built.
A spokesman from the council’s heritage team said: “Whilst well-constructed, the pergola lies in direct sight of the church when viewed from this garden area to the east of the house and detracts from views of the church, which is Grade-I listed and therefore impacts its setting.
“It is worth also noting that a pizza oven has been constructed in red brick with a flue.
“Based on its construction, I would consider this development.
“This flue is also visible over the wall, which cumulatively is considered to have a harmful impact on the setting of the listed building.”
But the plans, which were due to be decided on by the council on May 15, has still not had a verdict.
No new date was given by the council to make its decision.
Since the former Grand Tour presenter invited cameras onto his 1,000-acre farm in the Oxfordshire Cotswolds, he has been praised for educating viewers about the British farming industry.
From the genuine financial and bureaucratic struggles to adjusting to climate change, the 66-year-old former Top Gear presenter and farm manager, Kaleb Cooper, 27, who is Clarkson’s trusted agricultural advisor, has also sparked a massive surge in young people joining agricultural groups.
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In May 2024, Clarkson – also the host of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? –challenged government planning reforms, to allow more farmers to convert agricultural buildings into homes and shops.
In series five of Clarkson’s Farm, Clarkson has a major health scare and is instructed to take a step back from work on the farm. But with the farming community marching in protest of the government’s budget, this proves to be very difficult.
Clarkson also decides to welcome EasyCare sheep, a new breed which require minimal shepherding and veterinary care and even shed their own fleece in the summer, and upgrade Diddly Squat Farm with hi-tech gear, and takes a rather baffled Cooper on his first-ever trip abroad to see how it’s done.
Leaving robot tractors in charge, all is well for a while, until things turn dark, chaos erupts, and bad luck strikes from every direction.
The show’s first four episodes will debut globally on the streaming platform on Wednesday, June 4.
Episodes on Amazon Prime typically are released at either midnight or 1am – meaning there is not long to go.
And then two more episodes will be launched on June 10 followed by the final two another week later on June 17.
US – 12am PT / 3am ET
Canada – 12am PT / 3am ET
India – 12:30pm IST
Singapore – 3pm SGT
Australia – 6pm AEST
New Zealand – 8pm NZDT
Saj Malik, who is a taxi driver by day, was caught speeding in a Toyota Corolla on the Oxford Road through Tiddington near Thame on January 14.
The 57-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence at a hearing at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Friday, May 29, the court said.
Malik, of Mary Price Close in Headington, was issued with a £660 fine and his driver’s licence was endorsed with five penalty points, the court confirmed.
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He was also ordered to pay a victim surcharge of £264.
The taxi driver is a county councillor for Cowley and retained his Temple Cowley seat at this year’s city council elections.
He is also the shadow cabinet member for resources with the Oxfordshire Alliance.
Malik has been contacted for a response.
The court fine is not the first time the councillor has found himself in trouble, having been ‘formally censured’ by Oxford City Council for his behaviour in a debate about traffic filters.
Alongside fellow Cowley councillor Amar Latif, he was found to have behaved in an “intimidating, insulting, undermining and denigrating way” to officers and councillors by a standards committee in November.
The complaints both came from the Labour leader of the city council Susan Brown and deputy leader Ed Turner, and related to a full council meeting on March 18, 2024.
The traffic on the M40 is delayed due to a lane being closed by authorities.
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