Sarah Beeny wins council approval to keep Somerset estate building

Television presenter Sarah Beeny has been granted permission by her local Somerset council to keep an outbuilding on her estate after an eight-year planning dispute, the Daily Mail reported. Council officials reversed a previous order that had required the 54-year-old entrepreneur to tear down the building, which has been described as a mini Downton Abbey. [1]

The decision to allow the structure to remain was made despite objections from the local parish council and nearby residents, according to the Daily Mail. Accusations arose that the presenter had run roughshod over others while tying up planning authorities in legal proceedings to prevent the demolition. [1]

Beeny is an English broadcaster and entrepreneur who has presented television programmes including Property Ladder, Britain's Best Home, and Sarah Beeny's New Life in the Country. [2]