Pippa Middleton ordered to demolish unauthorised car park at £15.5m estate
The gist
Pippa Middleton was ordered to dig up an unauthorised car park at her £15.5m Berkshire estate.
The ruling follows villagers' objections over gravel hardstanding in a protected landscape.
How it unfolded
- 2022Pippa Middleton and James Matthews bought Barton Court, a £15.5m 145-acre estate in Kintbury, Berkshire, where they live with their three children.
- Nov 2025The couple applied for retrospective planning permission for the car park.
- Feb 2026Planners ruled the car park and hardstanding introduced an urbanising and visually intrusive feature into a highly sensitive rural landscape within the North Wessex Downs National Landscape.