A spa hotel has been refused planning permission to build more luxury treehouses as it would damage Hampshire’s New Forest.
Planning chiefs have told Chewton Glen hotel and spa that three more hideaways, 35ft above the ground, would cause “significant environmental harm” to green belt land.
The five-star getaway, which attracts A-list celebrities including Kate Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow, was already allowed to build seven other treehouses on stilts in the woodland in the grounds of the sprawling country hotel.
But Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council said the hotel had not demonstrated the “very special circumstances” required under national planning policy that would have allowed the green belt land to be developed. It also said the treehouses were “considered to be inappropriate development and will adversely impact on the openness” of the area.
