An ‘arrogant’ developer who blocked a homeowner’s sea view with an illegal brick wall has finally torn it down after being ordered to demolish it.
The 16ft by 6ft brick wall, which was built without permission 14 months ago, knocked an estimated £50,000 off the value of Liz Bates’s home in Bournemouth, Dorset, by obstructing her sea view.
After a bitter battle to get the wall removed, a planning inspector ruled that the wall – which ‘far exceeded’ being modest – had a ‘harmful overbearing impact’ on her property.
Rather than admitting defeat and demolishing the wall, developer Eddie Fitzsimmons submitted a planning
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