“Ed Sheeran’s Secret Splash: Neighbors Outraged Over Shocking Discovery in ‘Wildlife Pond'”
The musician added a jetty and steps in 2017, leading to council staff making it clear it should not be used for “recreational leisure activity, such as swimming,” The Mail reported.
Kenny and Carol Cattee, Ed’s neighbors, subsequently complained: “The so-called wildlife pond would now appear to be more like a swimming pond.”
Despite stunning many fans, people closer to the singer’s real life held opposing views
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Suffolk Coastal District Council investigated the site in 2019 and concluded that there had been no planning breach, as per The Mail.
A council spokesperson said at the time: “There was no evidence that it is not a wildlife pond, as plants are growing in and around it, or that the planning conditions had been broken.”
Ed was later successful in removing the ban on swimming and other leisure activities in and around the pond after arguing it was unreasonable and unnecessary, The Mail reported.
“It is like everything that has gone on,” the frustrated anonymous neighbor recently told the outlet. “The cart lodge should never have been there. It was refused when it was further back, and it went to appeal and they said he could have it there.”
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He admitted: “From our point of view, it’s one thing after another, and for us, it’s completely ruined our outlook and everything.
