Luxury venue in Wiltshire which hosted Jack Whitehall’s wedding could face closure
Euridge Manor in Colerne has lost a planning battle with Wiltshire Council
The luxury venue which hosted the wedding of comedian Jack Whitehall and model Roxy Horner has lost a planning dispute with a council and could face closure if it does not introduce measures to control noise.
Euridge Manor in Colerne, Wiltshire, has been hosting weddings and events for several years, leading to complaints from neighbours about traffic and noise levels.
The venue, which is owned by the founder of fashion chain Jigsaw, John Robinson, also previously hosted the wedding of Poldark star Eleanor Tomlinson.
The secluded estate boasts a Grade I-listed manor house, an orangery and a boating lake and has been hosting weddings since 2015.
Last year, a planning inspector imposed strict planning conditions for the site, such as controlling the number of events each year, restricting guests to 150, placing controls on access to parts of the 450-acre site, and limiting the use of certain musical instruments outside.
The venue appealed against the planning decision and sought to amend the noise management plan.
This appeal has now been rejected by a planning inspector, meaning that Euridge Manor now has 30 days to submit a new noise management plan that reflects the conditions placed upon it last year.
In the ruling, the planning inspector stated: “It is not my role to select, negotiate or devise amendments to the final noise management plan, but to determine the appeals on the basis of the evidence and submissions before me.
“Taken together, the final noise management plan falls short of the requirements set out in the decision letter.
“Therefore, in its present form the proposed final noise management plan is not adequate or enforceable to safeguard the living conditions of neighbours.
“In this case, the final noise management plan does not yet fully reflect the measures that the decision letter expressly requires.”
If the estate fails to submit the new plan by the middle of May then it will not be allowed to operate its event business.
Once the plan is submitted, Wiltshire Council has two months in which to reach a decision on the document.
Whitehall and his new wife Roxy married at the venue on Saturday.
The lakeside ceremony included a Shakespearean sonnet performed by actor – and Whitehall and his father’s good friend – Neil Stuke, before the couple shared their first dance together to Michael Jackson’s Rock With You, with the party going on into the early hours of the morning.
The wedding led to local residents objecting to loud noise, including “whooping and cheering, and amplified speeches”, the Times reported.