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Advertisement A £48million mansion nestled in the hills above the French Riviera must be demolished after a court ruling brought a 15-year legal standoff to an end.  Property tycoon Patrick Diter built a 32,000 sq ft Italianate palace, dubbed 'Chateau Diter', on the site of what was once a modest 2,000 sq ft farmhouse without first obtaining planning permission.  The building work started in 2005 and in 2009 a group of disgruntled neighbours, led by British millionaires Stephen and Caroline Butt, took Mr Diter to court, deciding the 'building frenzy had to stop'.  In 2015 an appeal court...

patrce lapoirie / Maxppp / PA Images The so-called 'Chateau Diter' - the 32,000-square foot Italianate palace built by property tycoon Patrick Diter (and named after him) - is set to be demolished after he lost a 15 year court battle with neighbouring millionaires, Stephen and Caroline Butt. Why? A failure to obtain a building permit for the project, which begun in 2005 and was completed in 2009, on the site of what was once a 2,000-square foot farmhouse in the South of France. Diter had been appealing a court decision in 2015 to destroy all but the original house, but now France's highest co...