Sandbanks rich person who spent £13.5million on ‘global’s costliest bungalow’ is dealt new blow in bid to exchange it with state of the art eco-home

A Sandbanks rich person who spent £13m at the ‘global’s costliest bungalow’ has been dealt a brand new blow. 

Tom Glanfield, 46, purchased the rundown space in an unique house of Dorset referred to as ‘Millionaire’s Row’ in March 2023.

He had goals of knocking the cottage down and development a state of the art eco-home, however have been hit with resistance ever since. 

And now, regardless of locals writing in 28 letters of fortify for the plans, councillors are being really useful to show down the 46-year-old’s plans on ‘conservation grounds’. 

Planning officer Babatunde Aregbesola is ready to inform individuals at Bournemouth and Poole Council on Thursday: ‘The proposal by means of reason why of the demolition of the prevailing cottage would end result within the general lack of the non-designated heritage asset inflicting vital hurt to the Sandbanks Conservation Area.

‘Consequently, shedding a favorable development inside the Sandbanks CA to a unmarried living of an unsympathetic design isn’t regarded as a heritage or public receive advantages which might outweigh the hurt to the importance of the Conservation Area.’

The topic used to be referred to the committee because of the prime quantity of public fortify.

Mr Glanfield, who used to be additionally grew to become down on an previous proposal, is looking for to construct a substitute development – described as a two-storey indifferent living with a basement of a ‘recent design and a inexperienced roof’.

But since then he has been concerned about a two-year combat to demolish the cottage and exchange with an eco-home

But regardless of locals writing in 28 letters of fortify for the plans, councillors are actually being really useful to show it down on ‘conservation grounds’ 

Permission could also be being sought to support the ocean wall.

Despite the general public fortify, objections have been raised by means of a conservation officer, who wrote it might end result within the ‘whole lack of the duration development’ that might ‘hurt’ the Sandbanks conservation house.

They added this used to be ‘deemed unjustified making an allowance for selection choices involving the retention of the cottage may have been explored’.

‘Losing a favorable development inside the Sandbanks CA to a unmarried living of an irrelevant design isn’t regarded as a heritage or public receive advantages which might outweigh the hurt to the importance of the CA,’ the conservation officer added.

Letters of fortify described the design as ‘sympathetic’ to the positioning and the surroundings and would deliver a ‘transparent enhancement’.

Others stated the ‘trendy graceful look’ used to be ‘completely consistent with homes within the surrounding house and is completely appropriate for the conservation house’.

The rebuilding of the seawall used to be additionally praised for offering a ‘a lot more horny sea defence’ than the present ugly crumbling wall.

Among the ones backing him used to be neighbour Ros Smart, who labelled the plans as ‘outstandingly cutting edge design for an iconic web page’.

It may also be fronted by means of an enormous 360 foot ‘living’ sea wall coated in planting of specialist marine fauna

The four-bedroom domestic have been in the similar circle of relatives for 117 years after Victorian botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker purchased a work of land

She stated: ‘The trendy graceful look is completely consistent with homes within the surrounding house and is completely appropriate for the conservation house.’

Recruitment boss Tom, who lives in Poole, Dorset, is a self-made millionaire and prior to now stated he stays decided to modify the minds of council planners.

He added: ‘We have invested a large amount of time to create a bespoke design that mixes a contemporary circle of relatives domestic with the want to be sympathetic to the gorgeous atmosphere of the conservation house.

‘This is a non-public imaginative and prescient of mine and with assistance from two native architects teamed in combination we’ve tried to create a prime quality undying design for the long run.

‘The plot wishes an enormous funding and BCP Council appear to have overlooked the proposal used to be a good chance for a considerable ecological and visible development not to simplest the home but in addition the web page’s sea wall perimeter.

‘The recently rusting steel and urban perimeter sea wall is each unsafe and ugly from Poole Harbour.

‘Our software incorporated a design by means of award profitable panorama fashion designer Andy Sturgeon that sought to take away the prevailing sea wall and urban perimeter to Poole Harbour, and exchange it with a discreet sea wall masked by means of local planting, sand dunes and rocks.

‘The goal is to re-naturalise the web page’s perimeter when considered from the ocean, and be offering an enhanced biodiversity receive advantages, thru local planting and removing of the huge spaces recently paved in concrete.

Sandbanks – Britain’s resolution to Miami Beach – has been one of the fascinating puts to reside in the United Kingdom for over 20 years because of its place at Poole Harbour

‘My circle of relatives and I believe Poole to be our domestic and my specialists, and I can proceed to pursue the delicate and eco-friendly redevelopment of this very particular web page.’

Tom prior to now stated he sought after to change into the run-down bungalow – which he says has a leaking roof, mold and mold and a cracked concrete driveway.

He needs to exchange the valuables with a sustainable circle of relatives eco domestic, whole with renewable energy and a desalination facility.

He added: ‘My dream is to construct a circle of relatives domestic that won’t simplest retain the modest wonderful thing about the plot however will stand the take a look at of time.’

A gathering of the council to make a decision the applying is being held from 10am on Thursday.