A homeowner has been ordered to demolish an ‘oversized’ outbuilding that was built without planning permission – after the council claimed it could be turned into a house.
Osman Osman, an electrical contractor from Wexham, Buckinghamshire, has been given six months to knock down the 40ft-long structure in the garden of his £800,000 property – or face further action.
But Mr Osman insists the decision is ‘unfair’ as council officials were acting on the ‘misguided belief’ the building had its ‘own garden area’ and ‘could readily form a ‘self-contained residential unit’.
He says the structure is proportionate in size to his property – and was
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