Final negotiations between James Corden's representatives and a council are taking place to allow him to carry out the rebuild of his £8.5m home.

The Gavin and Stacey star bought Templcombe House in 2020 and is expected to move there with his family when he returns to the UK later this year after quitting the Late Late Show in America.

In January, plans to knock down the home and replace it with a new six-bedroom mansion were approved subject to conditions.

But before the project can go ahead, James Corden's agents must agree on a series of 'obligations' through a section 106 legal agreement, with the local planning authority, Wokingham Borough Council.

This agreement has now been drafted, according to a spokesperson for the council, and is currently being reviewed by planning agents on James' team.

The spokesperson said: “Once that’s been agreed and signed, we’ll be able to issue a decision notice.”

After the agreement is made, the actor's agents must then submit further planning details to the council.

Planning documents on the original application show he had also originally wanted new leisure facilities including an indoor and outdoor pool, a sauna and steam room alongside the development.

However, his scheme was only given the go ahead once these aspects of his plans had been dropped.

English Heritage had deemed the pool house to be too close to the historic collection of 45 vertical granite megalithic stones that form a circle in the Grade II listed grounds.

The Mont de la Ville 'dolmen' was first discovered on the island in the 18th century and given as a present to then Jersey governor Henry Seymour Conway in 1788.

Field Marshal Conway, as he later became, then had the dolmen transported to his Henley-on-Thames estate, where it was re-erected and remains to this day.

Officials in Jersey recently said they were hoping to return the monument back to the island and would seek support from the television presenter.

Corden acquired the Mont de la Ville dolmen when he purchased Templecombe House in Berkshire last December.

Mr Corden and his wife, Julia, paid £8.5million for the property near Henley-on-Thames, a 43-acre estate that includes the dolmen.

The original country house was built in 1869 and is believed to have been used as a boarding school from 1948 until it was demolished and replaced with the current house in 1961.

At the time the decision was made to approve the rebuild, Templecombe House had fallen into disrepair and had urban explorers entering the grounds.

Once demolished, the home will be replaced with a two-storey six-bedroom home with a basement, a large internal courtyard area, kitchen, living room, dining room and a breakfast room opening onto a large terrace area with playroom. It will also include two study areas, three bathrooms and a boot room

The first floor will be comprised of five ensuite bedrooms and a main bedroom with two ensuites and opening onto a balcony.

The existing tennis court would be kept but extensive landscaping work would be carried out across the site.