A businessman has been ordered to tear down a huge ‘football director’s box’ extension on his family home after planning bosses dismissed his appeal.
Mani Singh built the large extension on the back of his £415,000 semi-detached home in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands without planning permission.
The structure, which includes a towering 3m high grey dormer, loft conversion and skylights, generated backlash after angry neighbours claimed it blocks out light and ruins the character of the street.
Residents were so upset about the extension, which they labelled an ‘ugly eyesore,’ that they hired a minibus to protest against it at a Walsall
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