Geoffrey Boycott into bat against Sandbanks sailors Four metres is a road - not a footpath - and that's not fair to us house owners. Our privacy will be affected with noise and traffic. He also raised concerns at the "extra discharge of waste and fuel." Mr Boycott's neighbour, Nick Sawyer, a film maker who lives in a £3 million property, said: "I agree with Mr Boycott. You are going to get another 34 boats discharging fuel, engine oil and waste into the sea. The proposed scale of the marina is absurd. It could lead to the shore area silting up and not enough research has been done. The proposed footpath also ends up on private land, which could lead to problems. There is also the question of security as the new footpath would give access to a row of houses in complete darkness. A much more modest proposal for a small, wooden pontoon was turned down by the council, but it has approved this huge expansion of the marina. Mr Boycott has already lost one recent battle with officialdom relating to his house on the peninsula, which is said to have the fourth highest land value in the world and where residents also include Harry Redknapp, the Spurs manager. Last October he unsuccessfully sued lawyers for £1 million, claiming that they failed to advise him properly when he bought the house in 1997 with his former partner, Anne Wyatt. Upon her death in 2009, Mr Boycott believed that her half of the estate would automatically be transferred to him but instead it went to her niece, Patricia McDermott. Mr Boycott and Mrs Wyatt paid £450,000 for the property but he never lived in the house as the couple had separated by that stage. The detached property was renovated when Mrs Wyatt moved in. She remained living there until she died of brain cancer, aged 82. Mr Boycott then put the 1980s property on the market for £3 million, but he became embroiled in the legal row over the rival claim on the property.Ultimately, Mr Boycott was given legal ownership and it is now rented out, like many in the area. Mr Boycott, a summariser on Radio 4"s Test Match Special and a Daily Telegraph columnist, has been trying unsuccessfully to sell the three-bedroom property for more than a year. He has already reduced the asking price by £500,000.