Princess of Wales' sister's estate told to tear up Kintbury car park

Princess of Wales' sister Pippa Matthews and her husband James Matthews own Barton Court Estate in Kintbury, West Berkshire. They were told to remove a car park built west of Station Road, as the West Berkshire Council refused retrospective planning permission in February. An appeal was rejected by the Planning Inspectorate last month. The council argued the car park, along with fencing and parked cars, negatively impacted the North Wessex Downs National Landscape and rural character. Planning Inspector Alexander O'Doherty agreed, stating the car park introduced a visually intrusive and urbanised feature, eroding the open and undeveloped rural character of the area.