Furious cliff-top flat owners are battling plans for a wood-fired sauna on Bournemouth beach - complaining fumes will force them to keep windows closed.
Saltwater Sauna Ltd have unveiled proposals to install a huge 25-person sauna on the promenade at Southbourne Beach in the Dorset seaside resort.
The company has already installed similar Finnish-style saunas along the South Coast, pointing to their popularity with wellness treatment fans.
The one earmarked for Southbourne, said to be substantially larger than most, is proposed to operate from 7.30am to 9.30pm every day - with its 17kW wood-burning stove reaching temperatures of 80C.
But steamed-up residents in an apartment block overlooking the sea fear they will no longer be able to open windows due to smoke and fumes emitted from the sauna.
