PHOTO: ALDEN WILLIAMS Redcliffs School has been built metres taller than it is allowed to be at its southeastern edge due to a design error.
A Christchurch landowner’s plans for a seaside retirement home have been scuppered after the neighbouring school was built up to 2.25 metres too high.
The breach means Steve Young’s property will be shaded, lose privacy and have the school building looming over it.
He wants the Ministry of Education to buy his section, or to modify the new Redcliffs School building so it meets the rules.
The $16 million campus opened in June, almost nine years after the school was forced to leave its original home due to the Christchurch earthquakes. It was rebuilt down the road from its previous site, at the former Redcliffs Park, after a land swap between the Government and city council.
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