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'illegal' mock-Tudor castle he tried to hide behind 40ft hay bales

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  • RDB
    RDB Posts: 872 Forumite
    I bet it will still be standing 10 years after it was built.
  • Grade_A_Reject
    Grade_A_Reject Posts: 805 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 2 August 2010 at 9:18PM
    roddydogs wrote: »
    Every time i see this thread I think "Yippe" its gone at last, only to find it aint.

    And your motivation apart from envy being what?

    Surely if you lived close enough to it for it to be an issue you'd know if it was "gone at last" without having to look on here?
    "A nation of plenty so concerned with gain" - Isley Brothers - Harvest for the World
  • RDB
    RDB Posts: 872 Forumite
    Grade_A_Reject wrote: »
    And your motivation apart from envy being what?

    Surely if you lived close enough to it for it to be an issue you'd know if it was "gone at last" without having to look on here?

    Can anyone confirm is it still there?

    Any news, what are we waiting for this time?
  • mynameisdave
    mynameisdave Posts: 1,284 Forumite
    Grade_A_Reject wrote: »
    And your motivation apart from envy being what?

    Surely if you lived close enough to it for it to be an issue you'd know if it was "gone at last" without having to look on here?

    Could be that he doesnt like seeing people cheat the sytem, sign what is potentially a very valuable asset over to someone else plead poverty and get paid to defend himself for breaking the planning rules...
  • RDB
    RDB Posts: 872 Forumite
    mynameisdave wrote: »
    Could be that he doesnt like seeing people cheat the sytem, sign what is potentially a very valuable asset over to someone else plead poverty and get paid to defend himself for breaking the planning rules...


    Thats exactly what Mr Fidler has done. The most amazing part of it all is he seems to have got away with it and he is allowed to keep the castle.
  • Patr100
    Patr100 Posts: 2,784 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    RDB wrote: »
    Thats exactly what Mr Fidler has done. The most amazing part of it all is he seems to have got away with it and he is allowed to keep the castle.

    Yawn.. he has not "got away with it" and has not been "allowed to keep the castle"
    Now Stop trolling this thread.
  • the.ciscokid
    the.ciscokid Posts: 273 Forumite
    mynameisdave wrote: »
    Could be that he doesnt like seeing people cheat the sytem, sign what is potentially a very valuable asset over to someone else plead poverty and get paid to defend himself for breaking the planning rules...

    To hell with the "planning rules". They are there only to keep the land owning elites as just that, land owning elites (who got there land by death and violence in years past). The system stinks, and I for one salute this guy for taking a stand against the bureaucracy backed by violence that never benefits the ordinary person.
  • Gwhiz
    Gwhiz Posts: 2,322 Forumite
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    the.ciscokid wrote: »
    To hell with the "planning rules". They are there only to keep the land owning elites as just that, land owning elites (who got there land by death and violence in years past). The system stinks, and I for one salute this guy for taking a stand against the bureaucracy backed by violence that never benefits the ordinary person.

    Yawn!!! Are you trolls not back at school yet?
  • the.ciscokid
    the.ciscokid Posts: 273 Forumite
    Gwhiz wrote: »
    Yawn!!! Are you trolls not back at school yet?

    No, not yet.

    Does a view that is contrary to yours automatically indicate a troll? It's a fairly weak rebuttle in all honesty.
  • mynameisdave
    mynameisdave Posts: 1,284 Forumite
    the.ciscokid wrote: »
    To hell with the "planning rules". They are there only to keep the land owning elites as just that, land owning elites (who got there land by death and violence in years past). The system stinks, and I for one salute this guy for taking a stand against the bureaucracy backed by violence that never benefits the ordinary person.


    The guy owns his farmhouse acres and acres of land and has enough cash to construct a 5(?) bedroom house.

    He is not ordinary in any sense. And YOU are paying for him to do it yet seem thrilled.
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