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The Telegraph really is in a sorry state these days, isn't it? It seems to be competing with the Mail to misrepresent stories for the purposes of clickbait, including the same technique of hiding the actual story many paragraphs down so they can claim they weren't lying.
TLDR: he hasn't been granted permission for anything. An enforcement notice issued by the council has been determined to have been issued on legally incorrect grounds. The notice has thus been quashed, and the council has been told to get its act together and sort out a legally valid notice, so it can take enforcement action.
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Are you ranting that he owns a house where as you don't?Originally posted by AtW View Post<rant>
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Looks like (a) a fire hazard and (b) using residential accomodation for business purposes.Originally posted by AtW View Post"A man has been granted official permission to continue storing dozens of old doors and window frames in his front garden because he is a hoarder.
If I were a neighbour I'd contact the Council to ask (for a start) if he was paying business rates.
I'd also be tempted to pop a lighted match over the fence one sunny day
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Originally posted by AtW View Post"A man has been granted official permission to continue storing dozens of old doors and window frames in his front garden because he is a hoarder.
The man’s neighbours are furious that he has been given the dispensation to carry on filling his front garden with the surplus domestic fittings. "




Source: Man allowed to keep garden strewn with clutter 'because he is a hoarder' - Telegraph
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Nowt that can't be fixed with a gallon of unleaded and a match.
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Compulsive hoarding disorder
"A man has been granted official permission to continue storing dozens of old doors and window frames in his front garden because he is a hoarder.
The man’s neighbours are furious that he has been given the dispensation to carry on filling his front garden with the surplus domestic fittings. "




Source: Man allowed to keep garden strewn with clutter 'because he is a hoarder' - Telegraph
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