bit of a "but" is planning law gives a time limit for enforcement, after which permission isnt required. and no council taxes are due until property is registered as a dwelling. yep, the law is an arse etc. meanwhile everyone is whipped up over it, casting him as powerful political...
thats key point, if council dont act, no backdating is due. but media have splashed an amount is "written off", everyone assumes they've researched the detail and giving a well informed account of the facts. :lolol:
doubt the Labour run local authority would have let him off anything if they could help it. probably there is no evidence the buildings have been used as dwellings for past 20 years. werent they supposed to be holiday lets, Cummings claimed were a home to excuse the trip there? he's skirted...