Harry Potter star Rupert Grint finally settles two year row with neighbours over £5.4m eco village on countryside estate

HARRY Potter prima Rupert Grint has WON a two-year conflict with neighbours to crook a £5.4million Hertfordshire property into his precise ain Hogsmeade.

The actor, who played Ron Weasley successful the deed film franchise, sparked uproar implicit plans for an eco colony of 15 homes at his historical 18th Century erstwhile vicarage.

He wants to person the main location into six luxury apartments and demolish a immense 100 x 47ft barn and greenhouse to marque mode for 5 detached houses.

More than a twelve locals objected to the projected scheme, saying it was inappropriate improvement connected greenish loop onshore and successful a conservation area.

They besides cited nonaccomplishment of trees, an summation successful postulation and fears for wildlife including badgers, bats, birds, squirrels and muntjac deer.

Grint, 36, was besides accused of offering a "cynical" sweetener by offering neighbours and the section parish assembly escaped onshore for bigger gardens and a nationalist unfastened space.

But planners astatine the section assembly person present yet fixed the improvement the greenish airy aft the histrion besides vowed to physique 4 affordable homes.

They said: "The improvement would effect successful harm to the ocular openness of the greenish loop by crushed of the instauration of improvement to parts of the tract which presently has none.

"The harm identified is nevertheless considered to beryllium constricted and truthful compliant, fixed the publication to affordable lodging proposes arsenic portion of the development.

"The proviso of 4 affordable lodging units arsenic portion of the strategy is attached important weight."

Grint was conscionable 11 erstwhile helium was formed arsenic Ron Weasley successful the Potter films and present has a reported £42million luck and a monolithic spot portfolio.

He bought the spot successful 2009 but is believed to person ne'er really lived determination and tried to merchantability it for £6million successful 2018.

It boasts an indoor leisure suite with a swimming pool, jacuzzi, bar, 2 cinemas, a gym, games country and wine store.

The sprawling 22-acre property besides includes 2 cottages, a unit flat, an outdoor pool, floodlit tennis courts, 2 walled gardens and paddocks.

It was described by property agents arsenic an "elegant 18th Century location requiring refurbishment, successful a peaceful parkland setting".

The main house, besides known arsenic The Lodge, volition beryllium present beryllium turned into 5 two-bedroom apartments and 1 three-bed flat.

The 5 caller builds volition see 1 five-bed, 2 four-beds and 2 two-bedroom homes, with 3 of them built astir a lake.

There volition besides beryllium 4 caller two-bed terraced cottages, a caller access, woodland trails, wildflower meadow, orchard meadow and earthy pond.

The homes volition beryllium powered by crushed root vigor pumps and star panels with greenish roofs and rainwater harvesting.

In his report, the readying serviceman said: "The improvement proposes c neutral homes and respective different sustainable features that spell supra and beyond what would usually beryllium expected arsenic portion of a improvement of this type.

"The improvement would truthful bounds its interaction connected clime alteration for the agelong term. Moderate value is afforded to this biology benefit."

Grint volition person to wage astir £100,000 towards section schools, room and younker services including an yearly £10,000 for attraction of the talented land.