A homeowner has lost a bitter planning row after her neighbours built a platform that she has compared to an ‘East German lookout tower’.
The 65-year-old, who does not wish to be named amid tensions with her neighbours, said she has largely been left in darkness after the ‘eyesore’ was built in the garden.
Initially, in 2024, when the neighbours moved in, there was a staircase, but they later replaced it with new steps, a larger platform and a 1.8-metre-high screen.
Retrospective planning permission was granted for it last November as Brighton & Hove City Council found it did not pose ‘significant harm’
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