Foreign Property News | Posted by Shwe Zin Win
FORMER Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has won a furious planning row over plans to transform his £7 million home into a luxury villa.
He and wife Sandra bought a seaside property in Sandbanks, Poole, last year and applied for planning permission to bulldoze it.
(Harry Redknapp has won a furious planning row over plans to transform his £7 million home into a luxury villa.Credit: BNPS)
(Construction can now start on the three storey, white rendered villa that will have Palladian-style columns.Credit: BNPS)
(The couple have finally got permission for the new build. Credit: Getty)
They also lodged plans for a stunning Italianate villa on the plot overlooking Dorset's Poole Harbour.
But before local council officials could agree to their plans, the couple gave the green light for builders to roll in and flatten the old house.
It sparked a monumental planning row, with locals fearing the new gaff would have a "detrimental effect" on the area.
Alison Wheeler, who lives next door, believed the new villa would be too "overpowering", "oppressive" and feared it would have a "major impact on our privacy".
There were also fears it was too close to the neighbouring house.
The site also sits in the Sandbanks conservation area and the Sandbanks Neighbourhood Forum had objected to the home.
Amid a backlash, the Redknapps' architect went back to the drawing board and narrowed the width of the villa by 1.7m, and they finally got planning.
It will also boast a grand entrance hall, open-plan living/kitchen/dining room, two reception rooms, a study, boot room and five en suite bedrooms.
The property will be worth about £12m, according to experts.
(The property will be worth about £12m, according to experts.Credit: BNPS)
(Him and wife Sandra bulldozed a former property before getting planning permission. Credit: BNPS)
(The Redknapps bought a seaside property in Sandbanks, Poole, last year. Credit: BNPS)
(They knocked it down before getting planning permission.Credit: BNPS)
Ref: GAFFER'S NEW GAFF Harry Redknapp WINS furious row with neighbours over transforming his £7million Sandbanks home into luxury villa (thesun)
