FILMMAKER Man Ritchie has purchased an aerodrome as a part of his plans to construct a vacation camp for the wealthy and well-known.
He has snapped up picturesque Compton Abbas Airfield subsequent to his sprawling 1,200-acre Ashcombe property on the Dorset-Wiltshire border.
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In a submit on the airfield’s web site, Ritchie says: “Enhancements to the buildings and infrastructure will likely be made in a sympathetic method.”
Ritchie, 54, is already locked in a planning conflict with the native parish council over plans to construct 11 luxurious cabins on his property.
Eric Adams, a councillor, mentioned in a submission to the planning authority: “It’s a new housing property, isn’t it? It’s a large utility.
“We would like the council to show the appliance down, it was unanimous. That is an space of excellent magnificence.”
If he will get the go-ahead, company will have the ability to go taking pictures, pattern beer from an on-site brewery, and keep in pioneer-style cabins.
They are going to be kitted out within the utmost luxurious with copper faucets, leather-based sofas and insulated wood ground.
Ritchie purchased the nation pile with ex-wife Madonna in 2001 earlier than touchdown it as a part of a £50million divorce settlement seven years later.
The property’s Georgian manor home was beforehand the house of famend photographer Cecil Beaton.
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Madonna mentioned of Ashcombe: “It has one thing very mystical about it…within the summertime it’s probably the most stunning place on the planet.”
Ritchie now lives on the property with second spouse, Jacqui Ainsley and their youngsters.
He was granted permission to construct two lakes on the property in 2018 and in 2019 planning chiefs agreed he might present B&B for rich company on his land.
