# Sandbanks homeowner says planning advice cost him £2 million on sale

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/this-has-cost-me-2-million-furious-homeowner-claims-he-sold-his-sandbanks-mansion-on-the-cheap-because-he-was-told-he-wouldnt-get-planning-permission-for-a-rebuild-only-for-the-buyer-to-be-to/
- Published: 2026-11-01T12:51:41+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-01T13:02:36+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16252315/Sandbanks-Mansion-owner-fury.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: Americas, World

## Key points

- Bailey says council advice cost his family up to £2 million.
- The Sandbanks home sold for £5.7 million after two years.
- New owners received permission to demolish and rebuild.

## Summary

Stephen Bailey says Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council’s planning advice reduced the sale price of his inherited Sandbanks home by up to £2 million. He says officials indicated the 115-year-old house was unlikely to receive permission for demolition because it was in a conservation area, deterring buyers; the council later approved a new owner’s demolition plans.

Bailey and his three sisters eventually sold the six-bedroom property for £5.7 million in February, after two years on the market and a price reduction from £8 million. The new owners, David and Heidi Nash, applied to replace it with a modern mansion, and planning officers granted permission despite an objection from the council’s heritage officer. The planning officer said more than half of the area’s original buildings had already been replaced or substantially rebuilt.

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