Man's fight to save home from sea

A retired engineer determined to prevent his home being sacrificed to the sea is battling on, despite being denied the right to maintain his self-made sea defences.

Peter Boggis was not prepared to watch more homes fall off the cliff in the tiny Suffolk village of Easton Bavents, and brought in 250,000 tonnes of earth to defend it.

"The goverment has failed to protect the land therefore I have protected it myself without cost to the nation, and got on with the job which I'm afraid has very much irritated bureaucracy," said Mr Boggis.



"They said it could not be defended and was not defendable. They have been proved wrong."

Mr Boggis began his mission seven years ago. He used surplus soil from road developments to build compacted earth defences costing close to £500,000.

But he had no planning permission, and since the area was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest four years ago, he has been banned from maintaining those defences.

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