Hobbit House !

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-27991781

I hope this home does get retrospective planning permission...isn't it cute !

[mikey4444]

Baldric...Yes, you are right...permission to be boring !

[kvalidir]

I would think the issue is they live in it- if it had been a summerhouse not sure they would have needed planning permission as you can stick whacking great structures up as a summerhouse.

[HansUrbancka]

Latest News is :-

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-28552908

Hans.

[mikey4444]

Oh dear...sad news...fingers crossed with the appeal.

[RATTER15]

It is very sad indeed. the problem being: if it was a normal house everybody would have been totally against it but it is a "Hobbit House" which is cute and twee etc. unfortunately "cute and twee" does not change the fact that they rode rough shod over the planners and built and lived in a house that they didnt get planning for.

Should the rules be changed so that we can all build hobbit houses in our gardens for our kids to live in?

Hell, I would build one immediately if I thought I could get away with it, we have researched it in the past and looked into many different house structures to build a house from, straw bales to cob, but you cant get around the planners that way, you still need to suck up to them a little! or risk losing the lot as this couple will most likely have to face up to.