TELLY star Maxine Peake has won a planning row to convert a farmhouse into rehearsal space for actors.
The Shameless actress, 51, wanted an area for her acting company to work in, as well as a ceramics workshop.
Plans for the Grade II-listed site aimed “to help support in a small way the country’s leading role in the theatrical and cinematic industries”.
But neighbour Peter Ramsey was concerned by the risk of noise at the North Herefordshire home.
He said Ms Peake should instead use the nearby village hall charging £16 per day.
Herefordshire Council backed her plans for the conversion.
Conditions include no amplified sound from the space outside from 9am-6pm, and plans for the roof must be assessed.
Maxine, who recently revealed she is taking part in Great British Bake Off’s Stand Up To Cancer special this spring, describes herself as a “leftie luvvie and writer”.
She has been living in the village – which is mentioned in the Domesday Book – for just over a year and has taken part in wassailing events with the local Morris men.
She rose to fame playing Twinkle in the sitcom Dinnerladies from 1998 to 2000 on BBC One, starring alongside Celia Imrie and Julie Walters.
She then appeared as Veronica Ball in Channel 4 comedy drama Shameless from 2004 to 2007.
Also on her long-list of appearances is her role as Martha Costello in the BBC One legal drama Silk that ran from 2011 to 2014 as well as her performance as Grace Middleton in the BBC One drama series The Village from 2013 to 2014.
