A Russian businessman who attempted to build a fence likened to the 'Berlin Wall' wants to knock down a Victorian-style house and replace it with a five-storey home.
Alexander Mosionzhik, former chairman of the board of directors at the oil trading company Nafta Moskva, has submitted plans to the council to demolish the existing property at his Marlow Bottom estate.
The Victorian-style property at Wymers Lodge was built in around 1875 and boasts four bedrooms with multiple extensions having taken place over the years.
Photos show some of the windows are boarded up with the property described as having an 'un-ordered façade' in the application.
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But under the new plans, the property would be demolished to make way for a new five-bedroom house and garage.
The bedrooms would be located on the first floor with the property also including a driveway and gates.
The applicant gained notoriety in 2023 after submitting plans for a two-metre-high metal fence around Wymers last November.
In this application, it states: "The design aesthetic that the client wished to explore was a country farmhouse style with gabled ends, traditional roof forms with dormers.
"This aesthetic is more representative of the surrounding landscape within the site, and the Chiltern Design Guide."
The existing property is not listed and sits within a 12.3-hectare site including an ancient woodland, though the new property would not be located close to these trees.
The application was submitted to Buckinghamshire Council on August 16 and is awaiting a decision.
It is unknown when a decision will be made.
It comes as a separate application has been made for the land, which Mr Mosionzhik purchased last year, to replace the metal gates to the property with a 1.5-metre 'estate style' counterparts alongside an automated intercom system.
This has been described as a “minor development” with “limited scope for impacting the area”.
Residents living in Ragmans Close, a cluster of homes overlooking the estate, told the Free Press in May that they felt their concerns around the original “eyesore” fence had been heard and taken into consideration.
The plans for the high fence were altered following an outcry with a less obtrusive green chain-link fence being installed.
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