Much-loved Chilterns open-air museum under threat from property developer

The Buckinghamshire attraction, a re-enactment site and TV location, is told it is breaching peace and privacy' of luxury homes

One of the country's most popular open air museums has warned its operations are under threat from a property developer that claims the family attraction is disturbing the peace and privacy" of its new gated private estate in Buckinghamshire.

The property group Comer Homes bought Newland Park, an 18th-century estate, for 15m in 2011 and was given planning permission for a 309-home development five years later.