HOLLYWOOD film director, Guy Ritchie, is looking to cement his family’s tie to the land at his multi-million-pound Wiltshire manor by creating a family burial plot.

TFH Reeve, on behalf of Ashcombe House found in the parish of Berwick St John near Salisbury, submitted plans to create a family burial plot in March earlier this year, with the plans approved last Thursday, August 15.

The small private burial ground is to be set high on the hillside overlooking the house and the estate.

The film director has lived at the Grade II Georgian manor house since 2001, purchasing it for £9 million.

Mr Ritchie currently lives there with his wife, Jacqui Ainsley.

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A sketch of the plans Picture: TFH Reeve/Wiltshire Council

In the planning document, TFH Reeve said: “The proposal is for a small private burial ground, walled in the local greenstone and flint chequer board, set high on the hillside overlooking the house and the estate.

“Fitted with a simple blacksmith made gate and throw. The ground set amongst holm oaks on the grassy hillside with the woods as a background.

“There would be very distant and partial views from the right of way through the estate. This is not intended to make a statement in the landscape, but cement the family’s ties to the land.”

Commenting on the plans, the case officer for Wiltshire Council said: “Considering the scale of the overall site of Ashcombe house the proposed burial plot would be very modest.”

He added: “The proposed wall surrounds, and decorative wrought iron gates are modest in scale and would sit sympathetically within the area and would not be overbearing or dominant within the landscape which would warrant a refusal.”

While planning permission has been secured, Wiltshire Council’s conditions for the plans would require a new application to be submitted for the planned iron gate for the burial ground.

To view the documents, log on to Wiltshire Council’s website and search PL/2024/02775 on the planning section.