Trent Alexander-Arnold goes on a date with new girlfriend Estelle Behnke at his £5 million Cheshire mansion
England star Trent Alexander-Arnold can finally celebrate victory after he was allowed to keep a £50,000 padel court he had built in the garden of his £5million Cheshire mansion.
The Liverpool defender – who is rumoured to be a key target for for Real Madrid and Barcelona – built the £50,000 sports facilities without permission from the council, and faced having to demolish it as his neighbours feared noisy games could ruin their peace.
The luxury five-acre property already boasts a swimming pool, cinema, games room, bar, wildlife pond and paddock.
But Alexander-Arnold – who is dating Jude Law’s actress and model daughter Iris – has finally clutched the winner as council officials hit back against the local NIMBYs, saying the plans are acceptable and comply with planning policy.
Instead, they praised how the racket enclosure had been built at the five-bedroom Cheshire mansion, which he bought from former Manchester City star Raheem Sterling in 2022.
The case officer said: ‘In this instance the site is well enclosed by substantial existing boundary planting to the north, south and west, so is screened from public vantage points in all directions. Therefore the physical encroachment into the open countryside would be visually contained inside the site with no external viewing.
England star Trent Alexander-Arnold built a £50,000 padel tennis court at the bottom of his garden without planning permission
The Liverpool defender was threatened with having to demolish the court over fears that noisy games could lead to a volley of complaints from neighbours
Concerns were also been raised over the impact of the unauthorised development on the countryside. Pictured: The plans for the padel court
Trent Alexander-Arnold of England celebrates victory after the Euros quarter-final match between England and Switzerland
The Campaign to Protect Rural England agreed with the parish council’s ‘well-argued objections to this application’.
The luxury five-acre property already boasts a swimming pool, cinema, games room, bar, wildlife pond and paddock
Alexander-Arnold’s bedroom, whose walls showcase various footballing trophies
Alexander-Arnold, who won the nation’s hearts as he slammed England into the semi-finals against Switzerland in the Euros, agreed to tear down four floodlights and hired landscapers to plant trees and hedges and provide screening around the new court.
It came more than two years after the structure was built – with the local parish council kicking up a raquet as they feared he would disturb locals in the quiet village where neighbours include former Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson.
He needed permission for a ‘change of use’ of the land as the court lies in a field outside of his garden boundary, and in designated open countryside.
The council officer continued: ‘The retrospective nature of the application makes it difficult to confidently assess the potential impacts of the proposed development upon nature conservation interests.
‘However the Councils Ecologist advises that even if they were the impacts would have been relatively low.’
He bought the £5.1million five-bedroom Cheshire mansion from former Manchester City star Raheem Sterling in 2022