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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Thomas Cramp & Matthew Dresch

Dad finally agrees to sell home after fighting compulsory purchase order for 16 years

A determined homeowner has finally agreed to leave his house after a 16-year fight against redevelopment.

Carl Harris has been locked in a legal deadlock with his local council for more than a decade.

The local authority planned to bulldoze the area to construct new housing, BirminghamLive reports.

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