Overview

• West Oxfordshire District Council confirmed it has received a report of a planning breach and has begun an investigation.
• The feature in question is a roughly 1,000 sq ft man-made sand bank bordering a large lake on the Beckhams’ Cotswolds estate, shown in Victoria Beckham’s Netflix series.
• Planning notes for the kidney-shaped lake required the surroundings to be restored as “organic parkland” with wildflower meadows, native trees and scrub to support wildlife habitat.
• Officials are assessing whether the beach aligns with the agreed conditions, and no enforcement action has been announced at this stage.
• Representatives for David and Victoria Beckham did not respond to requests for comment, and the series launched on October 9 with about 1.7 million UK viewers for episode one according to reported BARB figures.