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Changing Rooms icon Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has been given the go-ahead by planners to turn a studio into a granny annex for his growing family at their historic Cotswolds farmhouse.
The former DIY SOS star, 56, wants to convert a detached stone barn-style outbuilding into a two-bedroom home for his daughter Cecile, her partner and grandson Albion.
It is currently used as an office and store but the TV presenter now wants to turn the ground floor into a kitchen and living area.
Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, 55, wants to convert a detached stone barn-style outbuilding into a two-bedroom home for his daughter Cecile, her partner and grandson Albion. Pictured, their 16th-century Grade II listed home
In 2014, he put the 16th Century manor house near Cirencester, Gloucestershire, on the market to build a modern retirement home for himself and wife Jackie but decided to stay put after failing to find a buyer.
Now he has been given the green light by his local council for the studio conversion which would involve taking out an external staircase to create a new driveway. He needs permission because the main six-bedroom house is Grade II listed.
In an interview, he told the Mail on Sunday: 'We wanted to move because the girls were away at school and stuff but now they are all back.
'Cecile's got a child, we are grandparents and the fact we can actually be able to continue to have the same base for this
