Victoria Beckham was every inch the supportive wife as she wrapped her arm around David at the tense Inter Miami vs. Nashville SC MLS Cup Playoffs on Friday.
The couple are currently at war with their neighbours over plans for a new access road at their £12million Cotswolds home.
Forgetting the ordeal for one night, the chairman of the club turned his attention onto his team.
David, 50, and Victoria, 51, watched Inter Miami beat Nashville 3-1 in the first round of the MLS Cup at at Chase Stadium in Florida.
Victoria cut a sophisticated figure in a chic Victoria Beckham suit, while David looked dapper in his Inter Miami navy blazer.
The couple have upset their well-heeled neighbours with plans to build a new access road to their home – so they no longer have to share with the crowds that flock to nearby trendy Soho Farmhouse.
Victoria Beckham, 51, was every inch the supportive wife as she wrapped her arm around David, 50, at the tense Inter Miami vs. Nashville SC MLS Cup Playoffs on Friday
The couple are currently at war with their neighbours over plans for a new access road at their £12million Cotswolds home
The couple have applied for planning permission to turn an agricultural track into a tarmac-laid access route to their Maplewood Barn home – which would enable them to avoid the influencer-wannabe revellers who swarm in their hundreds to enjoy the famed members club.
But the move – the latest in a long line of unpopular planning applications at their residence – has not gone down well. At least one of their neighbours has claimed the bid must be stopped because it would affect ramblers who should be ‘undisturbed by giant SUV’s lumbering up and down’.
Currently the Beckham’s mansion near Great Tew has a single lane cul-de-sac access, which also serves as the only way for visitors to drive to Soho Farmhouse; the nearby retreat is billed as a ‘rural escape’ for members who pay £250 a month to enjoy the pools, health cub and range of country pursuits on offer – including clay pigeon shooting.
During the summer months in particular, minor celebrities and media-types come in their droves to relax and network – and their flashy cars are all filtered down the same – and currently only – road that serves the Beckhams’ own private retreat.
Now it seems they have finally had enough.
The couple have applied to West Oxfordshire District Council to change the use of part of the existing agricultural track to form a secondary residential access.
They want to extend the track to connect to their existing driveway and improve dropped kerb access and gates onto Ledwell Lane.
In documents to support their application, the Beckhams say their existing access to Tracey Lane is problematic as it is a single use cul-de-sac with busy and ‘unsafe’ levels of traffic.
Forgetting the ordeal for one night, the chairman of the club turned his attention onto his team
David and Victoria watched Inter Miami beat Nashville 3-1 in the first round of the MLS Cup at at Chase Stadium in Florida
Victoria cut a sophisticated figure in a chic Victoria Beckham suit, while David looked dapper in his Inter Miami navy blazer
The couple have upset their well-heeled neighbours with plans to build a new access road to their home – so they no longer have to share with the crowds that flock to nearby trendy Soho Farmhouse
But the plans, which are under consideration by the council, have already been hit with local backlash.
Joan Lane, who lives in Great Tew, said: ‘I must strongly object to this proposal. The house already has gone perfectly serviceable access road so why is another stretch of tarmac laid through the woods deemed a good idea.
‘Ramblers use the lane and they should be left undisturbed by giant SUVs lumbering up and down. Please do not allow this application.’
In planning documents, a representative of the Beckhams described it as a ‘modest, sensitively designed conversion’.
They argued it would ‘modestly upgrade the existing crossover and gates at Ledwell Lane for safe residential use’.
The statement added: ‘The works respond to operational, safety, and amenity needs, while being carefully designed to conserve the rural, heritage and landscape character of the area.’
The Beckhams’ representative continued that that ‘an agricultural, low-key character’ would be retained, and any lighting, if later required, would be ‘minimal’.
