BECKS BARNEY

DAVID Beckham is at war again with his neighbours, this time over plans for a barn at his rural retreat.

- BY JEREMY ARMSTRONG

An exasperated local complained: "Why do famous people move to the country... then make silly alterations?"

The former England captain is seeking planning permission for the barn at his £6million Cotswolds pad.

Becks, who turns 50 on May 2, keeps bees and chickens and has a giant lake at his estate, near Chipping Norton.

He has asked West Oxfordshire Council for the right to create an "agricultural storage barn for hay/straw and agricultural equipment".