Prince William and Princess Kate’s new £16m mansion to have huge no-go-zone banning locals
The Prince and Princess of Wales will be protected by a no-go area banning locals from land near their home.
A huge no-go zone near the new home of Prince William and Princess Kate will ban locals from using land near their £16 million mansion. CCTV cameras, massive fencing and landscaping will keep trespassers away from the eight-bed Forest Lodge in Windsor Great Park, with it even being reported that trespassers will face arrest.
The area covers around 150 acres and has a 2.3-mile perimeter, which is set to be signposted, warning people not to enter. Contractors were seen driving the last fence posts into the ground yesterday, and an order read: "Due to the pending designation of part of the Great Park as an exclusion area, access via Cranbourne Gate will permanently cease."
As reported by the Mirror, one nearby resident said: "Many of us have been walking our dogs here for 20 years so to be told we can’t any more is a kick in the teeth."
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The resident added: "We pay annually towards the upkeep of a park but we are no longer going to be allowed to use part of it. They’ve only given us a few days’ notice to say this section of forest is closing for ever. Now I’ll need to get in my car to drive further afield to take my dog for a walk."
A car park and gate access to Windsor Great Park, which locals paid £110 a year to use, now closes at 7 p.m.
The no-go zone around Forest Lodge will protect Kate and William, both 43, and Prince George, 12, Princess Charlotte, 10, Prince Louis, seven.
Mechanical engineer Tom Bunn told the Sun: "Obviously it’s disappointing as my dog loves it here. We come here every couple of weeks and we’re going to have to find somewhere else now for him to get the miles in. But I completely understand the safety of William, Kate and their family is paramount so we should make sure they can live happily here."
Public access is set to be permanently blocked once it becomes a designated property under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (SOCPA) 2005. The law protects crown land, private land belonging to the King or immediate heir.
Plans now list Forest Lodge as a "new residence" on private Crown Estate land. They show the new boundary was agreed by "all those involved" including Thames Valley Police and the Royal Household.
The decision, which did not need public consultation, reads: "The reason for the designation is that the site was previously in use by non-protected tenants, so the designation of land and property was not needed.
"By the relocation of a protected principal residing at the Forest Lodge site, it reflects its use as part of the wider Crown Land within Windsor and therefore is appropriate to afford this site the same protection as other Crown properties designated under section 128 of the SOCPA 2005."
