A Premier League footballer has been dragged right into a row with neighbours after constructing an ‘on-street’ parking bay outdoors his £2million mansion.
Manchester Metropolis goalkeeper Marcus Bettinelli is claimed to have tarmaced over the grass verge of the property with out the required planning permission.
Based on The Sun, the 33-year-old additionally discovered himself in scorching water after chopping down giant timber on the entrance of the mansion in Cobham, Surrey.
Round half a dozen residents on the personal property have objected to the concrete growth, describing it as ‘visually intrusive’. In addition they cited an ‘erosion of inexperienced panorama’, fearing it can set a precedent permitting others to tarmac over their grass.
Bettinelli says the bay is throughout the boundary of his sprawling pad, and he has utilized for retrospective consent. Nevertheless, planners might nonetheless inform him to tear up the work.
One objector wrote in a letter: ‘Parking on a verge is totally towards the character of this property and towards its growth tips.
Marcus Bettinelli is concerned in a row with neighbours after tarmacing over a grass verge
The goalkeeper was on the books at Chelsea earlier than becoming a member of Manchester Metropolis this summer time
‘There aren’t any parking bays on verges wherever on the property. It’s an erosion of inexperienced panorama, changed by tarmac.
‘The property already has parking for a number of autos, having transformed its complete backyard to hardstanding. A further parking bay is pointless.’
One other objector had a equally damning verdict, writing: ‘The extra parking area introduces a visually intrusive expanse of tarmac, eroding the landscaped frontages that outline the highway and makes the road scene much less enticing.
‘If authorised, this software would set a precedent for different properties to take away inexperienced frontages for extra parking, leading to cumulative erosion of the property’s character and streetscape.’
Paperwork filed at Elmbridge Council reveal the parking bay was in-built February.
In an announcement, his planning agent stated: ‘The world in query falls totally throughout the possession boundary of the property and has been developed.
‘The works undertaken are minimal in nature and haven’t any influence on the encircling properties, road scene or character of the world. The property proprietor was unaware that planning permission could be required for such minor alterations.’
Bettinelli’s mansion was purchased for £1.5m in 2023 however is now stated to be price £2m after permission was granted to construct a brand new kitchen and bed room extension.
The goalkeeper moved to Metropolis in June, signing a one-year contract to behave as a back-up possibility. He had joined Chelsea in 2021 however made only one look.
Day by day Mail Sport has contacted Bettinelli’s representatives for remark.
