Billionaire Crown Prince of Dubai enrages his Surrey neighbours by asking for permission to erect a 6ft-high ‘prison-style’ security fence around his £75m estate
A billionaire from Dubai has enraged his neighbours by asking for permission to erect a 6ft high security fence around his £75 million estate after putting it up.
Crown Prince of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum put up the ‘prison boundary’ metal fence at his Surrey home last year, without planning permission.
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‘It is visually intrusive and, aside from mostly being powder coated green, more suited to a prison or a factory boundary, rather than the boundary of a SSSI.
‘If permission is given – or if it is refused and removal of the fences not robustly enforced – that dereliction […] would undoubtedly be seen by the public as ‘one rule for the rich another for the poor’ with our local natural and historical environment ultimately paying the price.’
In a further objection posted on the application, local J.R.A Fleming claims the fence will affect access for deer.
He wrote: ‘The proposed apertures are totally inadequate for them, and the height in total is far above their ability to leap.’