An entrepreneur who spent £13.5 million on 'the world's most expensive bungalow' is still stuck in limbo amid a two-year fight to turn it into an eco-home after councillors deferred a decision today.
Tom Glanfield, 46, bought a rundown property on Dorset's exclusive Sandbanks resort - dubbed 'Millionaire's Row' - back in March 2023.
He wanted to knock down the Edwardian cottage and replace it with a modern family home - but has instead been embroiled in a two-year fight with planners who recommended his application be refused.
They argued that Mr Glanfield's proposal would 'result in the total loss of the non-designated heritage asset' - and therefore cause 'significant harm' to the Sandbanks Conservation Area.
Meanwhile, the self-made millionaire, who lives in Poole, Dorset, said the current property was 'falling apart' - and insisted he had designed a new eco-friendly family home that 'will be exemplar to the whole area in terms of sustainability and design'.
