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and Jay Z have reportedly scrapped plans to relocate to the English countryside.
The US singer, 44, was previously said to be eyeing up the luxury Cotswolds to build a new home with her rapper husband Jay Z, 56, and their daughter Blue Ivy, 14, and their eight-year-old twins.
However, it's now been reported the Irreplaceable hitmaker has called off the plans after discovering the land they had their eyes on is at risk of flooding.
The 58-acre plot, which was worth £7.5million, had planning permission for a seven-bed property to be built.
A source said: 'Beyonce and Jay-Z buying this plot of land was the talk of the Cotswolds.
'So many locals were excited about them moving in.'
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The US singer, 44, was previously said to be eyeing up the luxury Cotswolds to build a new home with her rapper husband Jay Z, 56, and their daughter Blue Ivy and their twins
They continued to The Sun: 'But the plan appears to have fallen through.
'The plot they were looking at has still not been sold and is now being developed by another couple.
'It's a flood-prone area and that will definitely have put a dampener on proceedings — especially with all the rain we've had over the past month.'
Daily Mail has contacted representatives for the couple for comment.
This newspaper previously revealed how the couple were considering a move to the UK after Los Angeles was .
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It was also reported how Beyonce and Jay Z went property hunting via helicopter.
A source told The Oxford Mail: 'In the past week, Beyonce and Jay-Z flew via helicopter between her London gigs to view a 58-acre plot of land,' said the insider.
'Located close to friends and Portia de Rossi, and with and the Beckhams as neighbours, she felt it would be an ideal UK home for her family, away from the city when they're in the country.'
Meanwhile, Ellen and her wife Portia de Rossi have been seen for the first time in their new $27.4 million home in Montecito, California, that they quietly .
It came after their Cotswolds home, which they placed on the market for £22.5million, flooded as a result of Storm Bert.
Ellen and Portia - who have been married since 2008 - swapped the US for the Cotswolds in 2024, after .
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A source previously told Us Weekly: 'They had visited before and looked at homes but weren't sure when they would do it. When they found the right place, they jumped on it.'
Ellen previously claimed that 'everything' is 'just better' in the UK.
It is reported should she had made the move to the UK, Beyonce would have been close by to pals Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi
The TV star admitted that she was relishing her new lifestyle since making the move to England.
She told broadcaster Richard Bacon: 'It's absolutely beautiful. We're just not used to seeing this kind of beauty. The villages and the towns and the architecture - everything you see is charming and it's just a simpler way of life.
'It's clean. Everything here is just better - the way animals are treated, people are polite. I just love it here.'
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