Tony and Cherie Blair successfully resolve two-year planning dispute with conservation charity, paving way for construction on their historic mansion’s grounds

Sir Tony Blair has won a two-year planning row with a conservation charity over building plans for his historic country estate.

The former PM had applied for permission to extend a guesthouse on the grounds of his Grade I-listed, 18th Century mansion in Buckinghamshire.

But The Gardens Trust, which protects historically significant landscapes, objected and it was rejected by the local council.

Sir Tony and his wife Cherie’s legal team then submitted hundreds of pages of documents to justify the project at South Pavilion in the village of Wotton Underwood.

For the Blairs to become embroiled in a battle over a small extension is surprising given the scale of their property empire.

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