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Geri Horner ‘at war with neighbours after building a HUGE barn without planning permission’

Geri Horner and her husband Christian Horner are reportedly at war with neighbours after building a huge barn on their land without planning permission.

Ginger Spice Geri, 50, built the stables for her 14 horses but is now facing a fight as she seeks to gain retrospective approval from Oxfordshire council.

However according to The Sun one neighbour claims the building is ‘hideous’ and is so big it’s affecting mobile phone signals. 

Stables: Geri Horner and her husband Christian Horner are reportedly at war with neighbours after building a huge barn on their land without planning permission

Stables: Geri Horner and her husband Christian Horner are reportedly at war with neighbours after building a huge barn on their land without planning permission

In a letter to the council seen by the newspaper some complain it ‘destroys landscapes and views’ while other villagers are furious that the multi- millionaire couple are flaunting the rules.

With one complaining: ‘They have even re-routed public footpaths and installed their own style gates, how is that being allowed?’

The couple, who married in 2015, share not one but two enormous houses, a country home near Banbury, Oxfordshire, and another pad in Hertfordshire. 

Not fair:  In a letter to the council seen by the newspaper many of the villagers furious that the multi- millionaire couple are flaunting the rules

Not fair:  In a letter to the council seen by the newspaper many of the villagers furious that the multi- millionaire couple are flaunting the rules

MailOnline have contacted Geri’s representatives for comment.

Back in 2020 avid equestrian Geri opened up on how her beloved horse Beauty helped her to find the courage to tour again with the Spice Girls.

In the girl group’s 90s heyday, the singer was known for her loud and confident persona, with the fivesome enjoying huge worldwide success. 

Back in the saddle: Back in 2020 avid equestrian Geri opened up on how her beloved horse Beauty helped her to find the courage to tour again with the Spice Girls

Back in the saddle: Back in 2020 avid equestrian Geri opened up on how her beloved horse Beauty helped her to find the courage to tour again with the Spice Girls

However, Geri admitted that she had she struggled to find the courage to step back into the limelight with the Spice Girls many years later as her ‘teenage bravado had ran out’ – something which Beauty played a key role in helping to restore..

The mother-of-two told how when she first met Beauty, he had turned his back on her, with Geri stating he bruised her ego as she felt he didn’t like her. 

The Wannabe hitmaker went on to compare the experience to how she felt with her fans, explaining that at times she felt ‘disconnected’ with them, and realised that she had taken her fans ‘for granted.’ 

Try again: It comes after the couple re-submitted plans for a £30,000 glasshouse at the property after Geri, who The Great Celebrity Bake Off, wanted to work on her healthy home cooking skills after the show

Try again: It comes after the couple re-submitted plans for a £30,000 glasshouse at the property after Geri, who The Great Celebrity Bake Off, wanted to work on her healthy home cooking skills after the show 

It comes after the couple re-submitted plans for a £30,000 glasshouse at the property after Geri, whoThe Great Celebrity Bake Off, wanted to work on her healthy home cooking skills after the show.  

The couple plan on growing their own vegetables, in keeping with Geri’s new life as a domestic goddess.

Geri and Horner had hoped to knock down their current greenhouse and replace it with a 36ft one.

They had a set back when the council said it was too big and have now tried their luck for a 29ft one.

The singer shares a son named Monty, five with her husband. She also shares daughter Bluebell with her screenwriter ex Sacha Gervasi, with whom she had a relationship with in 2005.

Big plans: Geri Horner and her husband, F1 team boss Christian Horner, have re-submitted plans for a £30,000 glasshouse at their country estate (pictured December 2021)

Happily married: The singer married Christian, 48, in 2015, and they share a son named Monty, five. She shares daughter Bluebell with her screenwriter ex Sacha Gervasi, with whom she had a relationship with in 2005