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Council bans repainting homes and putting up fences in ‘Bridget Jones’ village without approval
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The Independent
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The Article 4 Direction means some work that usually wouldn’t require planning permission will now need formal approval from Tewkesbury Borough Council.
This includes painting houses a different colour, installing solar panels, putting up gates and fences, and installing patios in gardens.
The village also features Snowshill Manor, a 16th Century country house once lived in by the architect Charles Paget.
But perhaps its biggest claim to fame are the scenes in Bridget Jones’s Diary, which starred Renee Zellweger and Hugh Grant.