ED Sheeran has won the battle to keep his 16ft pub sign up at the barn he has turned into a drinking den at his £1.5m Suffolk mansion.
The 28-year-old singer – who named the pub The Lancaster Lock – erected the sign, as well as a hanging five metre-long one outside the Grade II listed building, without planning permission earlier this year.
Ed and his wife Cherry Seaborn have however been granted retrospective consent, according to the MailOnline.
Robert Scrimgeour, a council planning officer, said: “The signage does not cause me any concern and I judge that there is no harm arising from them that would adversely affect the character of the farmhouse.”
Back in April Ed was told to remove the “unauthorised signage” as well as an outside spa.
A Suffolk Coastal District Council spokesman said at the time: "It was found that a sauna has been constructed near to the pond.
"We have raised concerns regarding this structure, which requires either planning permission or removal.
"We have also requested that all unauthorised signage be removed from the Grade II-listed barn."
Ed applied for planning permission in 2017 to build a pub at his lavish home.
The singer – who is worth around £40million – was given the go-ahead to create the extravagant addition with an underground passage to the main house.
But after installing a £500,000 pond next to a caravan, which had been converted into a sauna, his building work raised suspicion.
Council officers were concerned his pond could be used as an outdoor swimming pool over summer.
A jetty and two sets of steps were later added along with a Romany gypsy-style caravan – leading neighbours to think it may eventually be used for wild swimming.
Sheeran’s country estate already includes an indoor swimming pool, four-room treehouse and a trendy “pod.” The grounds also include informal gardens, an ornamental pond and rolling lawns and fields.
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