Quote Originally Posted by Rjk View Post
why is this even a story?
they ****ed up and have been asked to retrospectively apply for planning permission, which of course they should.
They've gone on the attack, haven't they?

"We're not tearing it down!" - nobody has told them to

"We paid for it all ourselves!" - the only reason this came to the attention of the council is because they were applying for retrospective funding for it.

Bizarre reading.