A 100-year-old Women's Institute has gone to war with a 'party house' next door after a plunge pool and hot tub were installed in its garden.
The 47-member branch has been using the Women's Institute Hall behind a former youth hostel in Wells Next The Sea, Norfolk, since the 1920s.
But their peace was shattered when the site was converted into a £4,000-a-week private rental which can sleep up to 20 guests.
Despite multiple objections, plans were approved for the conversion and a plunge pool last year after the new owner, architect Tom Leahy, purchased the property for £400,000 in April 2024.
Mr Leahy has now applied for retrospective planning permission for further changes to the site, including moving the pool to within a few feet of the Women's Institute Hall and adding a hot tub and outdoor kitchen area with a pizza oven and BBQ.
