United Kingdom, April 16 -- Sir David Beckham and his wife Victoria are creating a woodland and a wild flower meadow at their country estate.

The former footballer and the Spice Girls star bought their luxury home in the Cotwolds in 2016 for around £6 million and now they have been granted permission from the local council to move forward with plans to plant 79 trees - including 19 English oaks, eight field maples and seven Scots pine - as well as creating a site for wild flowers.

According to the Daily Mail newspaper, the couple were granted planning permission for the woodland venture by West Oxfordshire District Council after previously adding a new driveway, tennis court, treehouse and a pond.

The 50-year-old former footballer...