Overview
- The Sandbanks Community Group instructed lawyers after talks with waterfront homeowners failed to restore access.
- A roughly 40ft timber barrier went up with 'Private Beach' warnings and a security camera positioned near a £3.5 million property.
- Homeowners along The Horseshoe have not accepted responsibility for the fence and several declined to comment.
- Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole council is not currently taking action in the dispute.
- A listing for a Horseshoe property advertises 'private sand' at the garden edge, underscoring competing claims over the shoreline.