https://www.theguardian.com/money/2019/apr/12/woman-jailed-council-tax-bill-she-could-not-pay
Regulation 47 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 states people can be given prison sentences for not paying council tax only if they have done so due to “wilful neglect or wilful refusal”...
The irony being that the media exposed the dwellings because Covid lockdown rules didn’t apply to Cummings despite his wife lying about staying in London, in the Spectator.
Seven years and there are still restrictions.
https://www.markstephensarchitects.com/planning-myth-3-if-its-up-more-than-7-years-you-dont-need-planning-permission-ccferrie-mentioned/
Council tax can be backdated...
They didn’t have planning permission either. Ordinary people have been ordered to demolish buildings when found out, but rules don’t apply to that family.