JAMIROQUAI singer Jay Kay has been refused permission to put up a new storage building in the grounds of his Princes Risborough mansion.

The star made a bid to build a storage building 'to house equipment and machinery' to Wycombe District Council.

But it was rejected on the grounds that its form, bulk, scale and “extensive roof span” was considered “detrimental to the character and appearance of the area”.

The planned building would have been 15 metres by 18 metres and more than four metres tall at the ridge.

In 2004, Kay was granted planning permission to build a go-kart track at his Horsenden Manor home.