Former Miss Wales scoops Omaze’s largest ever prize – a £6million luxurious seaside home that comes with £250,000 money… however it may not have correct planning permission

A Welsh beauty queen has scooped a lavish £6million beach house as part of Omaze’s biggest ever prize.

Former Miss Wales finalist Vicky Curtis-Cresswell, 38, won the luxury Norfolk pile, which is inspired by the architecture found in Cape Cod and the Hamptons in the US. 

Her spectacular new mansion is the most valuable property ever to be offered in a UK prize draw – which includes £250,000 in cash.

It boasts a wrap-around balcony offering uninterrupted, panoramic views of the north Norfolk coast, a heated swimming pool and its very own all-weather astroturf tennis court.

But the home also carries with it some baggage – in the form of an unresolved planning dispute between Omaze and North Norfolk District Council (NNDC). 

Omaze has been battling to sort the alleged planning permission breach for weeks. 

Council chiefs at NNDC have already sent the company recommendations on how the contraventions could be settled, with the deadline for response having been March 25. 

It followed a probe by NNDC which ruled the home breached planning rules as it had not been built in accordance to the original application, first approved in 2020.  

Omaze has insisted it is working with the council to resolve the row.  

A spokesman today told MailOnline: ‘Omaze continues to work with North Norfolk District Council on the recommendations following the recent investigation into the Norfolk property and has complied with all requests. 

‘Omaze reiterates its guarantee that no house winner will ever be required to cover any costs related to resolving historic planning issues. 

‘Omaze further guarantees that all house prizes are transferred to winners with good and marketable title.’

Despite the dispute, the home’s new owner, Vicky, said she was thrilled by her mega win – which will mean she will finally be able to move out of her in-laws’ place.

‘When Omaze first called to tell me I’d won a prize, I didn’t dare dream it could be the house,’ said the thrilled mother-of-one. 

‘We were all so excited, I asked my daughter if she thought we’d won the house, and she said yes, I should’ve known we’d won the Grand Prize there and then as she’s always right.

‘When the Omaze film crew turned up outside our house, I started to think it might be the house, but it’s just too big a thing to even imagine.’

Vicky, who bought her £6million winning entry for just £10, entered the Miss Wales competition in 2008, where she won Most Driven Contestant.

She currently lives with her husband Dale, 41, and young daughter at her in-law’s three-bedroom house in south Wales, as the family were in the process of house hunting for a rental property.

Vicky added: ‘The neighbours were all chatting away on the street’s WhatsApp group, when they saw the cameras they joked that they thought it was probably Crime Watch.

‘Then in a matter of seconds our lives changed forever and we became multi-millionaires.

‘I was absolutely flabbergasted, my sister in-law burst out crying, it was a mixture of shock and pure joy.’

Her spectacular new country pile comes mortgage-free, with all stamp duty and legal fees covered.

Vicky has also been given a whopping £250,000 in cash, to help her settle in, and she can decide to either live in the house, rent it out for a supplementary income, or sell it whenever she wishes to become a cash multimillionaire.

Omaze estimates that if Vicky decides to keep the luxurious property, the £250,000 would enable her to comfortably run the house for almost a decade.

The house also comes with £165,000 worth of furnishings, ready for Vicky to enjoy the day she gets the keys.

If she decides to rent it out, local estate agents estimate the property could achieve a long-term rental value of £5,500 per month.

On the impact her big win will have on her family, Vicky said: ‘Like a lot of people, it’s fair to say times can be tough, we both work so hard but things can still feel stretched some months. Winning this house feels like an enormous weight has been lifted.

‘It’s just crazy, one week we’re worrying about our old car breaking down, the next thing we’ve got a £6million house.

‘My mother-in-law feels like she’s won the jackpot as we can now move out! I never thought our first house would be worth £6million.

‘When I was young I used to tell my nan I always wanted a house with a veranda, but I couldn’t pronounce it, so I would say ‘beranda’. I can’t believe I now own a house with the biggest ‘beranda’ I’ve ever seen.

Vicky’s coastal pad offers the finest views of the surrounding countryside, towards Blakeney Point, including salt marshes and the open sea of the North Norfolk Coast.

The nearly 5,000 sq ft house celebrates New England style and design, incorporating luxury living spaces perfect for Vicky to entertain friends and family inside the spacious property itself or in the beautiful gardens.

The bespoke hand-built kitchen has an island, dining area, quartz worktops and high-end appliances. There is a separate dining room and a spacious, but comfortable, living room.

On the first floor, there are three bedrooms, including the large main bedroom, which has French doors that open onto the balcony, as well as two dressing areas and an en suite bathroom.

Both the bedroom and balcony offer sweeping views, as do most of the rooms both upstairs and on the ground floor.

A vast landing has an office or reading area, as well as an intricately designed vaulted ceiling. All the bathroom ware is from Neptune.

The attention to detail continues outdoors, with manicured gardens, a courtyard, a tree-lined avenue driveway and a raised garden section with a loggia-covered BBQ and dining area, complete with a small kitchen and bathroom.

There is also a separate summer house, an all-weather astroturf tennis court and a heated outdoor swimming pool. The winner will also have access to a secluded pontoon, which can be used for launching tender and small boats.

The house is situated close to Blakeney – a quintessential coastal village, with pretty flint cottages lining narrow streets leading down to the charming quay. 

As well as making Vicky a multimillionaire, the Omaze Million Pound House Draw, Norfolk, raised £4.1 million for Comic Relief.

The money raised by Omaze’s partnership with Comic Relief will help fund its ‘Every Step of the Way’ programme, which helps to give young people at risk the support they need to prevent and alleviate the impact of homelessness in their lives.

The partnership with Omaze is backed by broadcaster and Comic Relief Ambassador, Rylan Clark.

The planning probe into the property was triggered after an anonymous member of the public raised concerns.

Speaking previously about the dispute dogging the home, a spokeswoman for NNDC said: ‘We have concluded that the development has not been completed in accordance with the approved plans and that additional works have been undertaken where planning permission should first have been obtained.

‘We have made recommendations to the site owners as to the way forward we would suggest they follow from here.’

The council’s recommendations have not been made public but are likely to involve requiring the firm to apply for retrospective permission for elements of the property that have breached rules.

MailOnline has approached NNDC for comment.