Dale Farm - £8million for Traveller Evictions

[Dauphin]

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/mortgageshome/article-1688561/Castle-home-hidden-by-straw-has-to-go.html

A Surrey farmer who secretly built a castle-style home behind 40ft straw bales to try and skip planning laws, has lost his battle to keep his house and save it from demolition.

Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/m...#ixzz1XeeQKx1q

[Dauphin]

The pikies look to be losing the plot.

[Dinner]

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/m...has-to-go.html

A Surrey farmer who secretly built a castle-style home behind 40ft straw bales to try and skip planning laws, has lost his battle to keep his house and save it from demolition.

Read more: http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/m...#ixzz1XeeQKx1q

That's bull****. If the guy went to the trouble of building a castle he should get to keep it (pun intended).

[Burning_Monkey]

I am surprised that there is no 'squatter's rights' laws.

I can't remember the name or text of said laws, but here if you assume control of the property (or section of it) and continue to make improvements or perform the upkeep, after a while, quite a while, the propery becomes yours. Assuming you can prove that you did all upkeep/improvements and the real owner did nothing to stop you.

[Dauphin]

They aren't squatters, they own the land. "Squatter rights" do exist, they are just irrelevant in this instance.

[Dauphin]

That's bull****. If the guy went to the trouble of building a castle he should get to keep it (pun intended).

So you think that disregarding the law and deliberately hiding your illegal activity should be accepted? Great precedent..... although I may accept it if there were a punitive fine to make a copycatting not worthwhile.

[Burning_Monkey]

They aren't squatters, they own the land. "Squatter rights" do exist, they are just irrelevant in this instance.

If the pikies owned the land why are they being evicted?

[Lefty Scaevola]

Land use regulation/zoning. The plan for part of the space they were using was "greenbelt". The improvments theron were not allowed and hard not be permitted. I imaginge there also be a lot of building safety code violation in the improvements that had skipped the permitting process.