Couple anger neighbours after converting £1.25m boutique hotel into noisy party house

Locals accidental since Stephen Parker and Hannah Passmore moved successful with their six sons, the household has flouted readying laws by creating a caller noisy amusement area

A mates who converted a boutique edifice into a residential location without support person infuriated neighbours.

The erstwhile award-winning edifice owned by the precocious Gerard Basset, a world-renowned sommelier, was bought by Stephen Parker and Hannah Passmore for £1.25m past year.

But locals accidental since the brace moved successful with their six sons, the household has flouted readying laws by creating a caller noisy amusement country and a 'viewing platform' that overlooks different people's gardens.

They accused the mates of hosting large blistery tub parties successful the summer, and leaving agleam lights connected truthful that the spot present resembles a 'theme park' astatine night. And accidental they adjacent landed a chopper connected a makeshift helipad successful the garden.

They reportedly started enactment connected the immense Grade II listed gathering successful the New Forest National Park, with neighbours saying they installed a noisy amusement area, a 'viewing platform' that overlooks different people's gardens and the astro-turf shot transportation has been utilized arsenic a makeshift helipad.

But, the mates person defended their position, with Mr Parker telling a Parish assembly gathering that they person alternatively saved the listed gathering from falling further into a authorities of disrepair.

Last year, readying chiefs successful the New Forest, Hants, banned the gathering from becoming a azygous residential spot due to the fact that the celebrated country needs tourism accommodation.

Mrs Passmore and Mr Parker person submitted a caller bid to person the edifice into a location - but aggravated neighbours accidental they flouted readying rules arsenic they person already carried retired the gathering works.

One aggravated neighbour, who asked to stay anonymous, said she is acrophobic that 'due process has not been followed'.

She said the edifice had ever 'worked with neighbours' to guarantee they are not subjected to airy oregon sound contamination but present the recently transformed location resembles a 'theme park'.

Mr Parker told the meeting: "When we purchased the building, it was successful disrepair. We person benignant of enactment everything into it and providing thing for the community, arsenic well."

The mates said they moved into the gathering with their six sons and person already had to spent immoderate £800,000 carrying retired repairs.

The homeowner, who grew up successful the village, said maintaining a edifice is 'not viable' and helium was forced to determination successful earlier past planned to forestall travellers from surviving connected the bare land.

The parish assembly said they would urge support for alteration of usage - contempt comments from aggravated neighbours.

The gathering was antecedently known arsenic Hotel TerraVina, tally by award-winning vino adept Gerard Basset - who co-founded the Hotel du Vin concatenation - and his woman Nina.

The edifice was voted the UK's champion newcomer by The Good Hotel Guide successful 2004. After helium was diagnosed with cancer, successful 2017, the Bassets turned the accommodation into a boutique furniture and breakfast, called Spot In The Woods.

The French sommelier died property 61 aft a 15 period conflict with crab successful 2019. It is believed portion Mrs Basset tried to tally the inn, she yet had nary prime but to merchantability it to Hillbrooke Hotels successful 2020.

After refurbishing the 11 furniture hotel, Hillbrooke Hotels sold Spot successful the Woods to Mrs Passmore and Mr Parker for £1,249,998 past year.