The Ocean's Eleven star is preparing to move into the $16 million (£10 million) luxury home in Sonning later this year (15) with his lawyer wife Amal Alamuddin, and the couple lodged planning paperwork for eight cameras to be placed on poles in the grounds of their property and a further ten to be attached to the house itself.

The cameras would be encased in a protective dome and could be faced in any direction, and the poles range in height from four to six metres (13 to 20 feet).

Officials at Eye and Dunsden Parish Council have objected to the plans because they represent "a potential infringement of the privacy of neighbouring properties" and the poles would intrude on the village's conservation area.

However, South Oxfordshire District Council's conservation officer has advised that the proposal can go ahead as long as the cameras can be easily removed from the historic property.

Clooney has already faced objections on renovations to his home, but he was given the green light to build a new swimming pool, pool house and private cinema in May (15).