Villagers have put up 'not welcome' posts to deter couples from visiting a popular wedding venue.
Locals who live near a stately home that is regularly visited by wedding parties have stated that guests frequently keep them awake with loud music, and have even said they urinate in their gardens.
As reported by Wales Online, the unhappy residents living close to the 16th century estate of Oxnead Hall in Norflolk have erected signs that read: "Brides and Grooms not welcome in Oxnead." Other signs state: "Exclusive? More than 100 weddings this year," and "No more weddings we've had enough".
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The unhappy villagers claim wedding visitors frequently wander into their gardens and blare loud music that keeps them awake late at night. Among the residents are Susi and Roger Crane, who own a 500-acre farm that surrounds the favoured wedding destination.
Following the disruption, they put up three signs in their garden near the Oxnead Hall car park. Roger stated: “The weddings are really having a big impact on our residents’ lives, and that’s why we are up in arms about it."
Susi commented: "Our residents are repeatedly disturbed by loud music way in to the night, even in their beds. One poor lady puts her children to bed to the sound of Michael Jackson.
"They are unable to sit outside their homes in the summer and are often disturbed by shouting and laughing. Guests have wandered through the yard and even relieved themselves in their gardens.
"They have left glasses in gardens and wandered down to the livery which houses 26 horses. They were granted permission to hold unlimited weddings, and we don’t know how that came to be.
"We have tried to challenge that with Broadland district council, but haven’t got very far.”
Fellow resident Lorna Crook stated that she has had to move her bedroom from the front to the back of her house due to the noise. She said: “When it was once or twice a week, you could deal with that, but it’s up to six a week. We all have to get up early and go to work.”
However, Beverley Aspinall, who owns Oxnead Hall with her husband David, has stated that she is "aware of the issues" and that they are "doing everything we possible can" to put a stop to the disruption. She commented: “I feel sorry for those poor couples that have been through so much, that [the objectors] have chosen this way of making their feelings known rather than coming to us and working collaboratively.
“We are aware [of the issues] and we are doing everything we possibly can to minimise them. We’d be enormously grateful if anyone could help us find solutions.
“We’ve asked for meetings and we’re trying to work collaboratively, but I have to say it has been very difficult and stressful for us - we’ve had staff resignations because of the way they’ve been treated.”
A Broadland District Council spokesperson said: “The development was considered to be acceptable when planning permission was granted, subject to conditions. The council is currently investigating an enforcement complaint regarding the breach of the noise condition on the site.
"This has not yet been concluded and the council will respond directly to the complainant once we have investigated this matter.”
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