Ed Sheeran’s plan to combine historic seaside cottages into mega coastal home upsets new neighbour and parish councillors

Ed Sheeran upset neighbors after submitting plans to transform two historic beach houses into a mega coastal home.

The 34-year-old bought the two-three-bedroom 19th-century terraced house for £1.95 million.

The homes are located in a strictly protected area along the Suffolk coast, which is fast becoming one of the country’s most popular coastal areas.

Now the Grammy-winning singer has submitted a planning application to create her own ‘beach paradise’ which has been accepted by East Suffolk Council.

Sheeran plans to knock down a dividing wall to create a larger, four-bed house.

But a neighbor complained that the village was in dire need of more two- and three-bedroom homes due to the ongoing housing crisis.

The resident said: ‘It is worrying to see a proposal to convert two 3-bedroom houses into a 4-bedroom house. The application describes this as a permanent alteration to two properties.’

Dad-of-two Sheeran also owns a huge Suffolk property called ‘Sheeranville’, which includes a bar, treehouse, swimming pool, underground music room and a 35ft x 20ft cinema.

The star owns around 27 properties in an impressive property portfolio worth £70 million, including flats in Covent Garden, three houses in Chiswick and a fishing lodge in Dungeness in Kent.

The 34-year-old singer bought the 19th-century three-bedroom, two-terrace house for a total of £1.95 million. The houses are located in a strictly protected area along the Suffolk coast.

Picture: Sheeran’s planning application which will see the singer break a dividing wall to create a larger four-bed house

One local said more than 60 per cent of people living in the village were in favor of more small family homes being built, claiming the percentage of smaller properties was lower compared to both the Suffolk and England average.

They continued: ‘This situation has not changed in the meantime, on the contrary there are plans to demolish another 3-bedroom house elsewhere in the village and replace it with a 5-bedroom house, losing another smaller house in the process.

‘The proposal will reduce the housing stock of small family homes. Can the Planning Department please consider the impact of this proposal on a village with fewer than 340 households?’

But the planning officer dismissed these fears, stating that the borough had already delivered homes above its target.

The planning officer’s report stated: ‘The inspector also found that the loss of a single dwelling would not materially affect the Council’s ability to increase housing supply or have a detrimental impact on housing supply in the borough and would therefore not conflict with the development plan as a whole.

‘One of the considerations the inspector took into account in concluding that no significant planning consequences would occur was the Council’s assessment of the current housing delivery being in excess of targets.’

Sheeran and his wife Cherry Seaborn did not need full planning permission but a statutory development certificate which bypasses full planning permission if it meets certain criteria.

The musician was previously granted full planning permission to demolish the two-storey rear extension, which its architects said was ‘poorly built’ and that the new one would fit into the extension to the neighboring property.

The local district council objected to the plan: ‘subject to the satisfactory completion of an assessment investigating the detrimental impact on neighboring properties’.

The father-of-two also owns a huge property called ‘Sheeranville’, which includes a pub, treehouse, swimming pool, underground music room and a 35ft x 20ft cinema.

Sheeran has poured millions into the London property market over the years, expanding his empire to 27 flats, houses and mansions, as well as 16 acres of land in Suffolk.

Sheeran’s plans have angered residents of a small Suffolk village who claim they need smaller properties

He was concerned about neighbours’ lack of privacy and suggested ‘half or fully frosted windows’, which was a condition of East Suffolk Council’s approval.

This will be Sheeran’s second home in Suffolk, where he grew up.

The Shape of You hitmaker has been involved in several legal disputes over his own rights and the rights of his neighbors to expand their territory.

Sheeran announced earlier this year that he would be moving to America with his family while on tour.

He recently bought a spacious £9million home in New York, but for now he is believed to be spending most of his time in Suffolk with his wife and their daughters Lyra, five, and Jupiter, three.