GRASSE They call it the Provençal permit, a local custom of sorts that involves building first and asking questions later. The logic is that once a construction is in place, authorities will feel more or less obliged to approve it retroactively. It is surprising how often that actually happens.
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Infamous €57m French Chateau Diter ordered for demolition
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Infamous €57m French Chateau Diter ordered for demolition
The demolition of an illegally-constructed “neo-Renaissance style” property has been definitively ordered in the latest court ruling
11 December 2020
Chateau Diter has been ordered - definitively - for demolition, as it was found to have been built illegallyBy Hannah Thompson
An infamous €57million French chateau that was built illegally in the Côte d’Azur has been definitively condemned for total destruction, in what is expected to be the final stage of a 15-year-long court case.