Strictly’s Craig Revel Horwood in neighbour row as they slam ‘excessive noise’ at BBC star’s £1.7m countryside mansion

CRAIG Revel Horwood has sparked a noise row with neighbours over plans to splash out on a swim spa and hot tub at his rural retreat.

The Strictly judge wants to raise his back garden to build a terrace around the pool at his £1.7million country home, which boasts a lake and pond.

But neighbours have blasted the proposed development, citing “excessive” noise from pool parties at his seven-bedroom pad.

Horwood, 60, was forced to call the Environment Agency after flooding his garden when he started building work by demolishing walls and digging foundations.

He has now applied to the local council for planning permission for the Ground Force-style garden makeover, and to carry out flood compensation works.

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But in a letter, one neighbour said: “Without vegetation along their low wall, there is already excessive noise heard from their garden when they regularly entertain.

“The shape of the land with the trees along the river means residents can easily hear talking and noise from their gardens around the pool area.

“Raising the terrace area will exacerbate this if no trees or noise reduction is installed along the low walls by the gates.

“We object to the raising of the area unless some noise reduction can be installed along the boiler rooms walls and around where this raising will be.”

The Sun has contacted Craig’s representative for comment.

Horwood’s home lies partly in a designated conservation area with a Grade II listed arch as part of the boundary wall, set in 2.2 acres.

It also sits in an “amber impact zone” for great crested newts – a protected species.

The neighbour added: “If noise reduction, for example trees along their wall, can be put in then we don’t object to this but the noise that comes from their garden is already quite substantial.

“And it will be accentuated with this area being raised due to their low walls and no vegetation along the walls to compensate, meaning that we will hear all noise from this area even more clearly.”

Horwood was previously given the go-ahead by planners to build a bigger entrance hall, gym, master bedroom, butlers kitchen, wine store and snug.

In a statement, his planning agent said: “The alterations to the terraces and levels within the garden will not appear incongruous, representing new but compatible features within what is at present a residential garden.”

Officials at the local council are expected to make a decision on the pool plans next month.