Our tranquil life is being ruined by noisy couples romping all night on posh glamping site – but we’ve had last laugh

VILLAGERS are celebrating after planners threw out a bid to expand a glamping site over fears the already noisy romping would turn into a full sex-fest – just metres from their homes. Elizabeth Pengelly wanted to expand her offering of two wooden shepherd huts at her Welsh farm – Swallows Nest – where she also breeds alpacas. Yvonne and Brian Saddler’s home backs onto Swallow’s Nest and the glamping field – and say the noise is already too much Credit: WNS The plan would’ve seen the site expanded considerably, leading to fears of full orgies Credit: WNS She put in plans for four more shepherd huts and four bell tents, together with a washroom and animal shelter. But her neighbours in a sleepy village in Monmouthshire bombarded their council with objections to the proposals, with some claiming they were already kept up at night with sex noises. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! Several of them expressed their concern that the site, nestled beneath the imperious, 561m-high Blorenge mountain, would simply attract more couples whose romantic antics would ruin their lives. Their fears were backed by local Labour councillor Dale Rooke, who said the tents would be too close to the neighbouring properties. He told planners: “Tents are naturally not soundproofed so any shenanigans going on inside will be heard in the wider vicinity.” When the Sun visited the village this week, locals whose homes overlook Swallows Nest were quick to spell out their objections. One, who asked not to be identified, told us: “We live right next door to this field and we hear everything. “There are only two Shepherd huts at the moment, but when we have couples staying in them, we hear everything. Most read in The Sun The current huts are already causing a stir with locals Credit: WNS Yvonne and Brian’s home is yards from the site Credit: WNS “We hear them shouting and playing loud music, and then we have to put up with the sound of them getting amorous when they go to bed. “I am no killjoy, but I just don’t want to be living right next door to what sometimes sounds like an orgy.” Another local complained: “If we can hear them getting down to it in the Shepherd huts, imagine how loud it would be through canvas. “Surely they could set up this kind of business somewhere further away from residential properties. “This is just not the right place for this kind of development. I wish they didn’t even have the Shepherd huts, to be honest, but there’s not much we can do about that because apparently they don’t need planning permission for them. “I was over the moon when I heard the council rejected this proposal. I hope that’s the end of it now. The proposals also upset Yvonne and Brian Saddler, who have lived in there home neighbouring the Swallows Nest field for 32 years. “We moved here those years ago because it is so peaceful and beautiful,” said Mr Saddler, 91. One of the proposed shepherds huts Credit: WNS Council planners rejected the bid over night-time noise from lusty campers Credit: WNS “You never used to hear any noise other than the birds singing and it has been glorious, until now. “Our garden backs onto the field and when people are staying in the shepherd huts, we can hear every word they’re saying – and not all of it is the kind of stuff we want to be listening to. There’s often a lot of swearing and drinking going on.” The retired engineer added: “If they had been granted permission for the camping site, our lives would’ve been an utter misery. I don’t want that sort of thing going on next door.” His 90 year-old wife, Yvonne, a retired factory worker, agreed. She said: “We’ve heard people’s fears about couples getting romantic late at night, but to be honest that wouldn’t affect us because we’re usually in bed by 8 o’clock. “Our bigger concern was the volume of traffic the site would have generated. “There’s only a narrow, single lane road running up here and if you’ve got a dozen or so extra vehicles using it night and day, it would have led to a lot of noise and frustrations. “It just isn’t an appropriate place for a business of this kind.” She said that when Ms Pengelly purchased her smallholding two years ago, for around £400,000, she only planned to have two shepherd huts and offer alpaca walks to holidaymakers. Mrs Sadler said: “We were pretty much fine with that, but what was proposed subsequently was something entirely different. “The plan was for a significantly large campsite and more huts and we were not ok with these plans. “There would have been a lot of people staying throughout the summer and the noise would have been awful. “Thank goodness the council has rejected the proposals and we can go back to a relatively peaceful life again.” The Swallows Nest site is less than two miles away from Abergavenny, which has a 13,000 population and an array of shops, restaurants, bars and hotels. Independent inspector Lowri Hughson-Smith, who reviewed an appeal by Ms Pengelly against the rejection of her application, supported the Monmouthshire council decision to block the glamp-site development. Ms Hughson-Smith said she found it “generally benefits from a quiet and tranquil environment”. She noted that holidaymakers would probably be active at varying times throughout the day and into the evening during the summer months. Ms Pengelly claimed noise from a nearby rail line and an airfield could be heard in the area but the inspector said she found it “generally benefits from a quiet and tranquil environment”. She said holidaymakers would be likely to be active at different times of the day and night including during the summer months. There would also be irregular pedestrian and vehicle movements, late arrivals and early departures, luggage handling, loading and unloading, she said. The opening and closing of car doors and raised voices which would “all occur in very close proximity to (nearby properties),” she concluded. The Sun has approached the site owner for comment. Comment now