A NHS doctor is at the centre of a bitter planning row after replacing a modest bungalow with a huge £1m home which neighbours have called a 'monstrosity'.
Consultant radiologist Manoj Srivastava faces angry calls to demolish his new, two-storey mansion after it was built larger than plans approved by his local council.
Some neighbours in the leafy suburb of Willen in Milton Keynes, Bucks, claim the building 'stuck out like a sore thumb' and looked like a 'mini-hotel.'
Local planners have refused the doctor retrospective planning permission and issued enforcement notices ordering the property be altered to its original plans.
However Dr Srivastava, 48, claimed he had been the victim of 'atrocities' and 'racial slurs' and has appealed against the decision by Milton Keynes Council.
The issue is now to be decided during a public inquiry hosted by the government's planning inspectorate in March.
Dr Srivastava was originally given planning consent by Milton Keynes Council to demolish and then enlarge his single storey home in Portland Drive in 2017.
However it later emerged the new building has deviated from the approved designs.
It has a floor area 22sqm (4.9%) bigger than permitted and a steeper roof which features a 40 degree rather than 30 degree pitch.
It also emerged that builders had deviated from the approved front elevation design and had a bigger than permitted garage.
The entrance gates to the property were also found to be wider than approved and there was deviation from the materials, size and position of doors and windows.
Dr Srivastava's agent Isaak Jackson, of Essex-based Method Studio, said there have been "shortcomings on the part of the contractor".
Council planning chiefs served an enforcement notice regarding the floor area and roof and a retrospective planning application from Dr Srivastava was later refused.
During a heating planning meeting he claimed he faced racism and had been subjected to "atrocities" and "racial slurs" claiming he was being bullied and harassed.
Dr Srivastava told the committee at a previous meeting: "Since we moved into Willen we have been subjected to derogatory comments on Facebook.
"There have been racist slurs. This is nothing but bullying tactics and harassment."
One of the local residents who have complained about the property is Mrs Fran Banfield.
She said: "It does not look like a home and in fact looks more like a commercial property which does not sit well within the surrounding homes.
"It is extremely large and imposing in a negative way.
"Unlike the surrounding properties, which have all been built during the past 30 years or so, this building is disproportionately large given the plot of land it occupies.
"The roof line is very high and although planning was given for a two storey dwelling it is abundantly clear that this property extends to three floors.
"Unlike most other houses in the Willen district, which sit comfortably in the landscape and have a continuity of materials, proportion and style, this property sticks out like a sore thumb and could well be a mini-hotel or office building."
Another neighbour, David Tyler said: "How planning permission was given for this monstrosity is beyond comprehension.
"I'm not a builder, architect or a planner but you don't need to be an expert. The adjoining neighbours have lost all their privacy.
"They have gone from not being overlooked at all to living in a goldfish bowl, given the height of the building and the vast number of windows."
Another said the building has "no resemblance to the original planning application."
Some neighbours are so angry they have called for the house to be completely demolished.
A special meeting of Milton Keynes Council's development control committee last Monday rejected calls to withdraw and rethink enforcement action- but failed to make a final decision.
Instead, the committee decided by nine votes to two to delegate powers to officers, in consultation with the chairman and two vice-chairmen to decide what to do.
Dr Srivastava has appealed to the Government over enforcement notices, and a refusal of planning permission.
The government's planning inspectorate has now intervened and has told the council that errors in one of the notices make it null and void in an unprecedented letter.
A public inquiry is due to start on March 11.
Dr Srivastava confirmed the matter was ongoing but said he would not comment further without speaking to the firm representing him.
The doctor is a registered NHS 'interventional radiologist' who has worked at Queen's Hospital, Romford, Essex.
Milton Keynes Council has been approached for comment.
