This is the UK when it comes to bureaucracy:
and yes, that sort of thing actually happens here and is real.
Topic: Couple lose fight to save 'hobbit house' eco-home from demolition - page 2. (Read 2460 times)
August 07, 2013, 10:45:59 AM
This is the bullshit you have to put up with on a daily basis in the UK, one of the other building annoyances we have are these stupid conservationists who insist on preserving every old building out there even though it would in some cases literally cost millions to restore, the only logic behind planning permission I can understand is making it structurally sound, anything else just seems to be meaningless meddling to the cost of other people.
This is the UK when it comes to bureaucracy:
and yes, that sort of thing actually happens here and is real.
This is the UK when it comes to bureaucracy:
and yes, that sort of thing actually happens here and is real.
August 07, 2013, 10:44:35 AM
exactly...
exactly...
exactly...
August 07, 2013, 10:40:19 AM
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did not outweigh the harm to the character and appearance of the countryside'.
That is bullshit. I think it makes the appearance of the countryside a lot better. August 07, 2013, 10:38:02 AM
Sad day when you lose your home.
Why do people feel the need to control others life's? Let them live there if they feel like it. It's private land so gtfo.
Why do people feel the need to control others life's? Let them live there if they feel like it. It's private land so gtfo.
August 07, 2013, 10:14:25 AM
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Couple lose fight to save 'hobbit house' eco-home from demolition
The turf-roofed straw and wood roundhouse in north Pembrokeshire was built on private land by Charlie Hague and Megan Williams
The 'hobbit house' in north Pembrokeshire will now have to be demolished
The owners of an eco-friendly 'hobbit house' that was built without planning permission in have lost their appeal to keep their home.
The turf-roofed straw and wood roundhouse in Glandwr, north Pembrokeshire, which has won praise from many in the community, contravened planning policy for the open countryside.
This week Planning Inspector Iwan Lloyd upheld a decision by Pembrokeshire Council to issue an enforcement notice against the home at Glandwr.
The appeal by Megan Williams was dismissed because the 'benefits of the development did not outweigh the harm to the character and appearance of the countryside'.
Mr Lloyd upheld the enforcement notice, which required that the roundhouse and all associated work, including the timber decking, be demolished and the land returned to its previous condition within two months.
Charlie Hague and Megan Williams, both 25, built their eco-home on private land with help from family and friends.
But the couple failed to seek the necessary planning consent and battled to save their home from demolition.
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The turf-roofed straw and wood roundhouse in north Pembrokeshire was built on private land by Charlie Hague and Megan Williams
The 'hobbit house' in north Pembrokeshire will now have to be demolished
The owners of an eco-friendly 'hobbit house' that was built without planning permission in have lost their appeal to keep their home.
The turf-roofed straw and wood roundhouse in Glandwr, north Pembrokeshire, which has won praise from many in the community, contravened planning policy for the open countryside.
This week Planning Inspector Iwan Lloyd upheld a decision by Pembrokeshire Council to issue an enforcement notice against the home at Glandwr.
The appeal by Megan Williams was dismissed because the 'benefits of the development did not outweigh the harm to the character and appearance of the countryside'.
Mr Lloyd upheld the enforcement notice, which required that the roundhouse and all associated work, including the timber decking, be demolished and the land returned to its previous condition within two months.
Charlie Hague and Megan Williams, both 25, built their eco-home on private land with help from family and friends.
But the couple failed to seek the necessary planning consent and battled to save their home from demolition.
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http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/couple-lose-fight-save-hobbit-5395091
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