The Duchess of Cornwall has lost a long-running planning battle to thwart permission for her next door neighbour to build a 'granny flat' for his elderly mother.
Camilla, 71, kept her former home Rey Mill House, built in 1860, after she married Prince Charles in 2005.
The Duchess objected to plans by her neighbour Phil Clayton when he applied to demolish an outbuilding next to his house and build a flat for his elderly mother.
On three separate occasions the Duchess submitted letters of objection to the council - on HRH-headed notepaper from the head of Prince Charles' nearby Highgrove estate.
But despite her clear and longstanding objection to the planned changes Wiltshire Council has now approved the plans for the flat which will be 60m from the Duchess' property in Reybridge, near Lacock in Wiltshire.
An aerial view of Ray Mill House, the Duchess of Cornwall's country estate in Wiltshire
Grade-II listed Ray Mill House in Wiltshire was built in 1860. Its owner, the Duchess of Cornwall, has had her objections to a neighbour's planning proposal disregarded
The apostrophe-shaped swimming pool on the grounds of Ray Mill House
It comes after the pair clashed last year over different renovations at his home, The Old Mill, which shares a private lane with the Duchess' Grade-II listed country pile.
Outlining the granny flat decision, council officer Alistair Cunningham, said 'This distance [60m] combined with the simple design of the outbuilding, means it is not considered that there would be any harm to the setting of Rey Mill House from the proposals.'
Camilla bought her property in 1986 for £850,000 following her divorce from Richard Parker Bowles and is said to use it as a country retreat.
It has been reported she uses it as a bolt-hole from the pressure at nearby Highgrove and can enjoy putting her feet up there.
The Duchess of Cornwall and Prince of Wales on a country walk, left, and the Duchess, right
One source said: 'At Rey Mill she can sit down with a big G&T, kick of her shoes and watch Coronation Street, which Charles loathes.
'She also doesn't have to bother about how the place looks – Charles is so fussy about tidiness, while she leaves her stuff all over the place. She doesn't need her cushions plumped all the time.'
Mr Clayton bought his nearby £675,000 home in 2017 and initially focused on renovations to the main house.
The businessman submitted plans which included increasing the size of the bedrooms, lounge and dining room, and building a separate extension with a sun room.
This outbuilding, since demolished, on the grounds of The Old Mill will be replaced by a 'granny flat' after Wiltshire Council gave owner Phil Clayton the go-ahead for the construction project
The rear of The Old Mill, which is due greatly to expand as a result of a separate planning application approved last year
Mr Clayton's Wiltshire home, The Old Mill, pictured, shares a lane with the Duchess's
After numerous objections and resubmissions Mr Clayton has now been granted permission to undertake works on both his main property, pictured, and the outhouses
The garage at The Old Mill which - courtesy of a different planning application approved last year - is due to be turned into a gym and a hobby room
The Duchess and other locals objected over flooding concerns and the plans were withdrawn in March last year, with revised proposals submitted a month later to which Camilla did not object. That application was approved in July.
Mr Clayton was granted permission to renovate the interior and exterior of his house, build an extension with a glass passageway, replace the garage with a two-storey gymnasium and hobby room, and construct a new sewage treatment plant.
But at the same time, Mr Clayton also submitted plans to demolish an outbuilding and build a granny flat for his mother.
Once again, Prince Charles' Highgrove estate manager Charlie Craven - based 18 miles away and in a different county - objected on behalf of Camilla.
In a letter to the council's planning team, he said: 'I believe it will have a negative effect on the flow of water from the river during periods of flooding. The river has flooded numerous times.
Am architectural site plan of The Old Mill, also showing Ray Mill House owned by Camilla. The Old Mill is set to undergo extensive building work in the coming months
A plan of the proposed ground floor of The Old Mill, belonging to Phil Clayton - one of several changes to the main property approved by planners last year
'Anything that hinders or alters the natural flow of the river to the detriment of other properties is clearly unacceptable.'
The council rejected the plans in July - claiming they did not address the potential impact of flooding - and he resubmitted them a month later. These plans received further objections from the Duchess and fellow nearby residents.
Once again a letter from Highgrove, written by Mr Craven, listed flooding concerns, and others also wrote to the council to object.
Mr Clayton submitted amended plans - which increase the proposed size of the flat by 25 per cent but turn it by an angle of 90 degrees - which he said would reduce the risk of flooding.
The head of Charles's Highgrove estate objected once more and said in a letter he was 'encouraged' by some changes, but 'perplexed' over the size increase.
Fellow neighbour James Campbell also wrote: 'Our main concern is with flooding and we have experienced several major incidents since we came to live in Reybridge in 1993.
'The present owner of "The Old Mill" has not experienced a serious flood of the Avon at Reybridge and so is presumably unaware of how quickly and dangerously the water rises and flows at such a time.
'Anything which could theoretically exacerbate the extent of flooding is of serious concern to us and indeed to our immediate neighbours.'
Despite the objections, Wiltshire Council planners approved his plans on December 12.
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Camilla, 71, kept her former home Rey Mill House, built in 1860, after she married Prince Charles in 2005.
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