A council has been accused of costing a house seller £2million after they told him he wouldn’t be allowed to demolish his home – only to then grant the new owner permission to do so.
Stephen Bailey put his late parents’ harbourside home on Sandbanks, Dorset, up for sale two years ago after he and his three sisters inherited it.
Like most waterfront properties on the exclusive peninsula, the plots of land are generally more valuable than the houses actually on them.
Mr Bailey, 70, put the large detached house on the market for £8million thinking it would be straightforward for the buyer
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