With your honey colored stone cottage, red telephone box and Victorian churchIt is not difficult to see why picturesque Cotwold Snoghil village was chosen for a setting Diary of Bridget Jones.
Although near the village Twinsbari The film did not feel immediate effect from the release of the film in 2001 – the community shut down due to the outbreak of legs and mouth disease – this is definitely today, it is a popular stop on a tour trip from London.
Now, 165-In a dialect to preserve the attraction of the village, in a bid, which has a feature National trust Manor, the heads of the council have set strict plan rules to prevent people from creating outside characters in their homes.
Article 4 direction means some work that will usually not require permission for planning, now requiring formal approval from Tewkesbury Boro Council.
This includes a different color in the painting houses, installing solar panels, gates and fencing and courtyard in gardens.
The move was rubbed by Boro councilors last week and came to the village after six weeks of consultation, where the average price of properties sold last year was £ 504,000.
Councilor Sara Hands said, “Snogil is one of our boro ornaments, and these powers will help protect its heritage, while still allows thoughtful and proper development.”
“We are grateful to all those who participated in consultation and helped shape this decision.”
Snogile is part of the cottage area of excellent natural beauty, and many of its 50 houses are listed.
It is at the center of the St. Barnbas Church built in 1864, with a wall cemetery and telephone box. The village also has a snowfill manor, a 16th -century country home, which once lived by architect Charles Paget.
But perhaps its biggest claim for fame is the scenes in the diary of Bridget Jones, starring Renny Zelweger and Hug Grant. Filming took place in a house in which she was shown as the house of Bridget’s parents, where she went to Christmas.
Green shots of the village were also taken.
Cherli AGG, a Tewkesbury Councilor who includes snowshill in the ward, told Independent The character and ideas around it made the village one of the most prestigious in Cottaswolds.
On the rules being introduced, he said: “It is not uncommon to have this type of situation, especially when you have a National Trust Building in the community. Counseling saw a very positive response, I do not know about any opposition.
“This is a beautiful village, and I think everyone wants to keep it in this way.”