Kelly Brook's renovation on hold: radio host applies to build bat boxes after survey uncovers colony in cottage roof

Kelly Brook and her boyfriend Jeremy Parisi need to find ways to house the protected bats in their roof space, before their home renovation can go ahead. 
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Amira Hashish11 September 2019

Kelly Brook has applied to build two bat boxes in the chimney of her Grade II-listed home.

The Heart radio host, who commutes to London from the Kent farmhouse, is renovating the country pile.

But an ecology survey found she has long-eared and pipistrelle bats living in the roof.

As bats are a protected species Brook and her boyfriend Jeremy Parisi are having to find ways to house them and it would seem bat boxes are the answer.

This means their makeover timeline will need to be pushed back until her plans are given the green light.

The 15th-century cottage is Brook’s pride and joy. It has a 600-year-old apple orchard, a five-acre garden and an outdoor pool.

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