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Pictured: The Sandbanks Hotel.<br />
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A Sandbanks hotelier is having to spend £1,000 a week clearing sand blown onto the terrace of his plush venue.<br />
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John Butterworth has accused his local council of failing to act over tons of sand that is regularly swept from off the beach and onto the grounds of the Sandbanks Hotel in Poole, Dorset.<br />
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The problem has gotten so bad that there is almost no distinction from where the hotel wall meets the beach, with dogs easily leaping between the two.<br />
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Mr Butterworth said: "We have been here as a family-run business for over 60 years and this hotel alone pays at least £4,000 in council tax a week. <br />
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"All we ask is that they clear the build-up of sand to stop it coming over – but they just won’t.