{"id":650239,"date":"2026-06-21T08:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/650239\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T08:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T08:08:08","slug":"harry-potter-star-rupert-grint-wins-bid-to-build-eco-village","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/650239\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter star Rupert Grint wins bid to build eco-village"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This figure included \u00a3100,000 to Kimpton Parish Council, \u00a370,000 to the expansion of Katherine Warington School, and \u00a311,400 for school places for children with learning difficulties.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 37-year-old bought Kimpton Grange, a former vicarage, in 2009 but <a href=\"https:\/\/media.onthemarket.com\/properties\/4971772\/736779475\/document-0.pdf\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">failed to sell it, external<\/a> for an estimated price of \u00a36m in 2018 before putting forward plans for the eco-village in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Clear Architects said <a href=\"https:\/\/pa2.north-herts.gov.uk\/online-applications\/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=externalDocuments&amp;keyVal=RJMTBHLK00Y00\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the plans, external<\/a> were &#8220;truly outstanding and innovative&#8221; and will ensure a &#8220;carbon neutral&#8221; development.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They included a gift of land to the parish council, which will become a park and circular walk with a picnic area for members of the public, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/lnp\/ldrs\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local Democracy Reporting Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Do you have a story suggestion for Beds, Herts or Bucks? Contact us below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This figure included \u00a3100,000 to Kimpton Parish Council, \u00a370,000 to the expansion of Katherine Warington School, and \u00a311,400&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650240,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-650239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650239","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=650239"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650239\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}