Claudia Schiffer in planning dispute: neighbour gets go-ahead for cottage extension next to model's Suffolk manor

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer and her husband objected to their neighbour's cottage extension plans, but the local council has dismissed their concerns. 
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Amira Hashish16 October 2019

Supermodel Claudia Schiffer and her movie director husband, Matthew Vaughn, who live in a 14-bedroom Grade I-listed Elizabethan manor house set in 530 acres in Suffolk, have had their objection to a neighbour extending her cottage rejected.

The couple, who own magnificent Coldham Hall in Stanningfield, built in 1574, claimed they would be “directly and adversely impacted” by the neighbour’s plan to replace outbuildings with a two-storey extension to Coldham Hall Cottage on their estate’s border.

But West Suffolk council approved the scheme and dismissed the concerns of Schiffer and Vaughn, saying the work would not have the impact they feared.

The pair bought the hall, which has a half-mile drive, 15 years ago and used it as their wedding venue with 120 guests.

It is said to have been named Coldham Hall by Queen Elizabeth I, after she visited and was served cold ham there.

It was later home to a Gunpowder Plotter.

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