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estate. Unable to afford to keep the large estate, Plunket kept Sybil Hill House and about 30 acres of park, and sold the remainder of the estate, valued using the
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re-zoning and for planning permission to develop on the lands, which resulted in multiple legal battles over several years and public demonstrations against re-zoning and development. In 2017 the developer stopped sports clubs using the pitches and stopped cutting the grass.
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