Packers Polo Complex
JAMES Packer has got planning permission to build a sprawling new British polo complex reported to be costing about $36 million.
The private English facility, on 132.5 hectare Manor Farm, near the tiny West Sussex village of Selham, is not far from Great House Farm, the 38 hectare polo complex at Stedham, owned by his father Kerry during the 1980s.
Polo pitches on the nearby Cowdray Estate were once frequented by polo-loving Prince Charles and Princess Diana and are still a favourite haunt of royals, celebrities and the very wealthy.
Pop star Robbie Williams and billionaire Roman Abramovich both recently owned sprawling estates in the area.
Planning documents outline Mr Packer’s intention to make Manor Farm the UK base of his Ellerston polo club.
There had been some local opposition to the plan, partly over increased road and helicopter traffic.
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