Dr Alan Murphy was ordered by planning officers at Swale Borough Council to "sink the court deeper" and plant hedging to "muffle" the sound of grunts in the grounds of his £750,000 home in the village of Throwley, near Faversham in Kent.
Neighbours had complained to planning chiefs that the tennis court would "upset their summer garden parties" and cause a noise nuisance in the tiny village of just 130 homes, which is located in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
One resident feared flying tennis balls could land in her Pimms glass if she ventured out onto her lawn during evening drinks. "Tennis players always seem to be grunting or screaming whenever they hit the ball - can you imagine having to put up with that all summer? It would drive you mad and you wouldn't want to use your garden and the balls would constantly end up in your Pimm's."
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