Beckham toy castle comes under siege from planners

REAL Madrid and England soccer star David Beckham has been told by his local council to apply for planning permission for a play castle built in the grounds of his home.

Council officials wrote to Beckham, 29, and his wife Victoria, 30, after being told that the wooden structure had been built in the grounds of the couple’s home in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire.

A spokeswoman for East Hertfordshire District Council said yesterday that officials expected the Beckhams to make an application for retrospective planning permission sometime in the near future.