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It’s what housing developers do regularly. Cutting down trees with preservation orders on them and so on. There was a case in Dorset where a developer built a house that wasn’t on the land he owned, which was next to a wood. He made a clearing, went ahead, apologised and came to an “understanding “ with the council. The house remains.In this world of asinine computer planning, construction and building regulations; when you ask for permission, you’re asking them to consider all the possible negatives, including ones you are not aware of. Too often the result is indecision, and respective inaction, its a lot easier to apologise and ask forgiveness than to get permission these days.
It will be really interesting to see how the powers that be negotiate around the new regulations, imposing compliance with the green agenda on so many old homes, which will be impossible to bring to the standard required.