Wall blocking Bournemouth homeowner’s sea view is removed

A developer has taken down an unauthorised wall beside Liz Bates’s home in Bournemouth after a planning inspector found it harmful to her property and the council rejected a replacement screen proposal. Bates remains concerned that another application could follow.

• The 16ft-by-6ft brick wall was built without planning permission beside a development in Bournemouth and blocked Liz Bates’s sea view.· 2 sources
• A planning inspector found the wall’s impact harmful, and the council unanimously rejected the developer’s proposal to replace it with an opaque glass screen. The wall has now been removed.· 1 source
• Bates said she was hesitant to celebrate because she feared the developer might apply to install another form of wall.· 1 source