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FORMER Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson - who might be in the mood to drown his sorrows today - is one of a number of famous faces who could soon have a problem with their wine collection.

Sir Alex Ferguson uses the facility to store his extensive wine collection [GETTY?SWNS]

A huge underground wine warehouse, used by the likes of Sir Alex and musician Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber to store their extensive collections, faces a battle with villagers tomorrow over plans to expand.
Octavian have heavily-guarded underground vaults in a disused mine where dust-covered racks of vintage burgundies, clarets and brandy worth hundreds of millions of pounds are kept in temperature-controlled conditions.
But they are claiming they have run out of room for the ever growing number of bottles at Eastlays Mine - where scenes for the classic war movie Guns of Navarone was shot - and have put forward plans to make space for an extra 300,000 cases.
The firm says it is having to use a temporary 'overspill' in a former RAF hangar at nearby Colerne.
But the residents of Gastard, Wiltshire, plan to lobby councillors at a district planning meeting tomorrow when the scheme is being recommended for approval.
They are arguing that the increase in the constant flow of traffic back and forth to the vaults - including chauffeur driven Rolls Royces and Bentleys - will be too much for the community of fewer than 450 inhabitants.
Holistic therapist Shelley Harrop, 58, is among those campaigning to stop the development
She said "There has been so much dissent, with people saying about the impact on traffic.
"There are already huge lorries which come up into the village and this will just make it worse.
"It will be enormous and all the little cottages up that lane will see an enormous impact."
Octavian Vaults' application has already been opposed by Box Parish Council and Corsham Town Council, complaining about the impact of building a 40ft tall warehouse on the site.
Mrs Harrop added "It's such a huge thing on such a wonderful site and it will have a huge effect on the animals and the ecology of the area.

"There are many industrial units around this area which they could go to. Why come into a little village like ours?
"The impact of the light and the noise will be horrendous from those fans keeping the wine at a certain temperature above ground."
Local councillor Dick Tonge has succeeded in forcing Wiltshire Council's planning committee to decide on the plan but it is being recommended for approval by officials.
The village is expected to turn out in force to lobby councillors to vote against the scheme.
Octavian has stored fine wine for 20 years in 'perfect' chilling conditions 100ft underground in the old mine and it now has 10,000 collectors from round the world on its books.
Eastlays was mined for decades but after its supply of Bath Stone was exhausted, it was turned into a Ministry of Defence munitions dump.
The size of 20 football pitches, it also served as a suitably gritty film set for scenes in the war classic The Guns of Navarone, made in 1961 and starring Gregory Peck, David Niven and Anthony Quinn.
Last week Sir Alex, who this morning saw United sack his hand-picked successor David Moyes, recently announced plans to sell £3 million of his wine collection.