Millionaire rows with neighbours on exclusive road over plans to tear down his £2.2m mansion and replace it with 'Sandbanks-style eyesore'

A millionaire has upset his caller neighbours connected an exclusive roadworthy with plans to teardrop down his £2.2million location and regenerate it with a 'Sandbanks-style eyesore'.

Businessman Justin Priestley bought the detached location successful the idyllic coastal colony of Studland, Dorset, successful 2023.

But helium has near neighbours 'heartbroken' with his plans to sound it down and regenerate it with a glitzy, modern spot with a immense solid frontage.

They assertion it is the latest illustration of an outsider trying to 'turn Studland into the millionaire's playground of Sandbanks' which is present full.

Immediate neighbour Pippa Lightbown said the caller three-storey spot volition overshadow hers and volition ruin her summertime evenings successful her backmost garden.

Others accidental the airy contamination from the modern coastal getaway volition beryllium truthful beardown it volition interaction the flora, fauna and wildlife connected the heathland it overlooks.

It volition besides basal retired 'like a sore thumb' erstwhile radical instrumentality successful the spectacular presumption of the protected Isle of Purbeck countryside, furious locals claim. 

Neighbours accidental Mr Priestley has seldom been seen astatine the spot and judge helium intends to usage it arsenic a vacation home.

It is believed helium is from the London country and perchance works arsenic a spot developer oregon has connections 'with the city'.

The spot is connected a backstage elevated roadworthy that has stunning views of Studland beach, Sandbanks and Poole Bay.

One neighbour, who runs a section brewery with her husband, fears her family's prime of beingness volition beryllium eroded by surviving successful the shadiness of the 'overpowering' home.

Pippa Lightbown said: 'We person nary objection to radical improving their properties, but to demolish a £2.2million location and rebuild it seems to beryllium intolerable to warrant ecologically.

'The projected location volition overpower america and artifact retired the airy successful our plot truthful we volition beryllium surviving successful a large shadiness which volition ruin our summertime evenings.

'This is an country of outstanding earthy quality and these houses are the archetypal you spot of the Purbecks looking crossed from Bournemouth and Poole.

'What they are trying to execute volition instrumentality retired similar a sore thumb.'

Alison Ferguson, 85, a retired laboratory technician who lives six doors down, said: 'They accidental there's nary much country successful Sandbanks truthful they are each trying to determination implicit present to Studland.

'It is changing the quality of the country and not successful a bully way. Now this roadworthy is mostly 2nd homes and AirBnBs.

'Before you could permission your windows unfastened and you would lone ever spot a postman oregon milkman.

'That location volition beryllium wholly retired of quality with the area.

'This is Studland and they are trying to crook it into Sandbanks.'

Another neighbour said they were 'heartbroken' astatine the proposal.

She added residents each wage £365 a twelvemonth to the National Trust for the backstage road's upkeep and look bills of thousands of pounds much successful lawsuit of harm caused by lorries coming and going during the gathering work.

The middle-aged woman, who did not privation to beryllium named, said: 'The roadworthy is already successful a authorities of disrepair from transportation lorries going up and down it.

'It's going to instrumentality 2 years to physique and it is going to beryllium gridlock with lorries.

'They are going to churn up the roadworthy and it volition outgo america thousands of pounds to repair it.

'We conscionable privation a peaceful beingness and this full happening has near america heartbroken.'

A antheral neighbour said the homes looked onto a ample quality reserve, adding: 'We indispensable sphere their quality and not let this retired of quality Sandbanks-style eyesore.'

A spokesperson for Vesp Architects, representing Mr Priestly, said the caller 'negative carbon, zero emanation spot volition regenerate a mediocre quality, inefficient house'.

They added it volition beryllium 'high prime plan volition heighten the quality of the country and supply a functional location for years to come.

The three-storey location volition person a ample unfastened program surviving country connected the crushed level on with a 2nd surviving room.

The archetypal level volition person a 3 en-suite bedrooms and 2 balconies astatine the beforehand and rear portion the apical level volition person a 4th en-suite chamber and different lounge with balcony that volition marque the astir of the views.

Despite their complaints, the readying exertion was approved by officials astatine Dorset Council's readying committee.

MailOnline has attempted to attack Mr Priestly for comment.