Sandbanks millionaire famed for opposing development can build own dream home

An aerial image of the location of where the boathouse was and an image of ex-banker Simon Bowden who recently gained planning permission to build a five-bedroom property on the site (Picture: LinkedIn/BNPS)

A millionaire ex-banker who has branded other proposed developments in Sandbanks ‘Barratt boxes on steroids’ has gained permission to build his dream home.

Simon Bowden, 66, fought for almost 30 years to build a new five-bedroom property on his £820,000 plot which he bought in 1998.

It sits within the highly desirable part of Poole, Dorset, that is home to nume...