{"id":563638,"date":"2026-03-27T05:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T05:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/563638\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T05:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T05:04:29","slug":"legal-battle-ensues-over-west-vancouver-mansion-ordered-demolished-in-2021-bc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/563638\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal battle ensues over West Vancouver mansion ordered demolished in 2021 &#8211; BC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>There is a new court decision in the long-running dispute over a <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/west-vancouver\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Vancouver<\/a> mansion that was damaged in a fire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The house on Bellevue Avenue was damaged in 2015 and in 2021, the District of West Vancouver declared it to be a derelict structure and ordered the owner to have it demolished.<\/p>\n<p>The owner instead had work done that she claims has remediated and repaired the house.<\/p>\n<p>After a long legal battle, a Supreme Court justice has now ordered the owner to stop any unpermitted construction work, not to tamper with posted \u2018Stop Work\u2019 orders and to stop living on the property without a final occupancy approval from the District.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you&#8217;ll never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just goes on and on,\u201d Christopher Amer, a West Vancouver resident, told Global News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy first thought was, why don\u2019t they just demolish it and sell the property, because at that time people would buy property for $12 million or whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Battle over illegal West Vancouver building going to court'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/web_still_6P_WEST_VAN_ROGUE_HOUSE_OM01JSLM.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:07<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBattle over illegal West Vancouver building going to court\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Global News was unable to reach anyone at the home on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The District said it was unable to comment on potential next steps, but says it remains committed to addressing these breaches via completion of the necessary remedial and demolition work in the public interest.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Descrease article font size Increase article font size There is a new court decision in the long-running 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