news Planning row erupts as Spice Girls’ Geri Horner is accused of disrupting Northamptonshire villagers’ phone signals by building new stables

Former Spice Girl Geri Horner has been accused of disrupting phone signals in her Northamptonshire village — with a barn she built to house 14 horses.The pop star has knocked out

mobile reception by building the “hideous” barn at her country estate near Brackley, according to her angry neighbours. Other objections included claims public footpaths were

re-routed public and accusations the horses are “a threat” to the public.Villagers from Marston St Lawrence also blamed West Northamptonshire Council for "caving in" to the

rich for allowing the scheme to go ahead and ignoring the strength of feeling. Despite the objections, Ginger Spice Geri, 50, and her husband, F1 boss Christian Horner have now

been granted part-retrospective planning permission for the scheme, that was already underway in the rural home.Celebrity couple Geri and Christian Horner have upset premises in

Marston St Lawrence by building a new stables blockOne letter of objection said: “The barn has affected mobile phone signals in the village without a doubt. The barn is hideous,

totally destroys the landscape and views. Excess floodlights all night long causing light trespass to all neighbours.“What is it with this council? Do they cave into the rich

because they don't have money to fight them in court?”“Many people in the village not happy at all laws being allowed to be blurred. They have even re-routed public footpaths

and installed their own style gates, how on earth is being allowed? Their horses are also a threat on the footpaths to the public.”Another neighbor added: “The barn affects

mobile signals in the village, is a hideous blight on the landscape and does not conform.“If this build is retrospective, why is it still being built? There is now a huge glass

construction being built — don't the council care of the favoritism being shown to the wealthy here? Unacceptable. This is a breach of fairness to all. Favoritism is being shown

here."Other said the proposal should be refused due to the strength of local opposition.Planning documents say the old barn is being “replaced with a new barn of the same form

and scale with stone plinth walls, timber cladding (cedar) and a corrugated metal roof.”Ms Horner, who married the boss of the Red Bull F1 team in 2015, has often showcased on

social media the many animals on the country estate including donkeys and chickens. Her current image is a far cry from her 90s persona when the Spice Girls were at the height of

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