The chateau MUST go! Tycoon is ordered to demolish the £48million French palace
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...
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