David and Victoria Beckham have been granted planning permission to build a new office at their £6m country mansion - on the condition they look after the existing wildlife there.
The celebrity couple submitted an application to West Oxfordshire District Council to build an outhouse at their Grade-II listed property in the Cotswolds earlier this year.
The planning application has now been approved by the local council as long as the celebrity couple share it with birds and bats that live there.
David and Victoria must 'ensure that bats, birds, badgers, hedgehogs, reptiles and amphibians are protected in accordance with The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 and the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.'
David and Victoria Beckham have been granted planning permission by West Oxfordshire District Council to build an outhouse at their Grade-II listed property in the Cotswolds
The celebrity couple, who submitted an application to build an outhouse at their property this year, must 'ensure that bats, birds, badgers, hedgehogs, reptiles and amphibians are protected'. Pictured: The couple's home pictured in 2017
David and Victoria will also be prohibited from installing any outdoor fixtures which 'would directly illuminate the bat box or the hedge-row'. Pictured: The couple's garden at their £6m country mansion
They are also prohibited from installing any outdoor fixtures which 'would directly illuminate the bat box or the hedge-row without prior approval to protect roosting, foraging or community bats.'
The planners said: 'Before the erection of any external walls, details of the provision of at least one integrated bat box and at least one integrated bird box within the walls of the new building shall be submitted to the local planning authority for approval.'
The outdoor building, which will be used as an office and high-tech vehicle storage space, will be designed to have two open frontage bays and an open roof structure to provide an 'attractive environment for nesting birds and bats.'
The new structure, which replaces an old outbuilding, will be designed with a traditional gabled form.
It will be made using a timber post and beam frames with pillars supported on staddle stones.
Buggies and quad bikes are listed as examples of the vehicles and garden
