{"id":500035,"date":"2026-03-28T12:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/500035\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:10:08","slug":"beckhams-blackpool-lighting-plans-irk-oxfordshire-neighbours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/500035\/","title":{"rendered":"Beckhams&#8217; &#8216;Blackpool&#8217; lighting plans irk Oxfordshire neighbours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A neighbour of Sir David and Lady Victoria Beckham has compared plans to install pond lighting at the couple&#8217;s Cotswolds home to the Blackpool illuminations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former England captain Sir David and Spice Girl-turned-fashion designer Lady Victoria plan to install the festooned lighting around the pond at their home in Great Tew near Chipping Norton.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But those living nearby have raised concerns about the impact it will have on light pollution, wildlife and the surrounding area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One neighbour, James Worthington, said in a comment on the Beckhams&#8217; planning application the plans were &#8220;more akin to Miami or Florida not Great Tew&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A neighbour of Sir David and Lady Victoria Beckham has compared plans to install pond lighting at the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500036,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-500035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}