it wont be solved by this one, it highlights the problem that we have gone too far with the restrictive planning system. we should build thousands of homes on the green-belt, as well as brown field and not willy nilly, because its not that precious. only some 9% of the country is developed and...
as i recall it he hadnt broken the law. if you built something and no one lodged a complaint for so many years, its was deemd to go beyond planning, or statute of limitations applied. yes, the law assumed that it was not concealed, so a cheeky loophole exploited (think they may have since...
this house tells you all need to know about why we have a housing crisis. a man cant build a 5 bed sized mock castle on a bloody farm yard, next to a massive barn, because its green belt.
he technically, albeit through a loophole, built the property and no one objected so should be allowed...