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Ricky Gervais has been forced to ditch plans to build a new extension at his £3m riverside mansion. 

The award-winning comedian and actor, 62, who played David Brent in The Office, wanted to add a third bedroom to the property in Buckinghamshire. 

However, Gervais faced opposition to the plans from his local parish council who said they were 'inappropriate' for the area.

The property, which boasts a ground floor snug, drawing room, conservatory, garage and office lies in a designated Green Belt area where extensions face tougher planning laws, and is also within a flood zone.

In planning documents seen by MailOnline, the local parish council said: 'Cllrs were negative to this application and objected as they felt it was inappropriate development in the green belt, citing the closing of the gap with the neighbouring building.'

Despite revising the plans, the After Life star later withdrew the planning application. 

As part of the plans, the couple had vowed to remove an existing side window to avoid overlooking next door. 

Architects Anderson Orr wrote in planning documents: 'The objective of this proposal is to extend over the existing garage to provide additional bedroom accommodation for the dwelling. 

'The extension is subservient to the existing with proposed walls stepped back from the face of the existing building and proposed eaves and ridge lines lower than the existing.

'The proposed extension would give rise to a modest increase in the floor area and volume of the dwelling (less than 15% in both instances), and therefore, in overall size terms, it is reasonable to assess that the extension would not comprise a disproportionate addition in the Green Belt.'

The agent added: 'The proposed extension would be clearly subservient in scale to the core two storey part of the building

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