{"id":43210,"date":"2025-06-16T16:32:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43210"},"modified":"2025-06-16T16:32:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:32:03","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-doorstep-huge-bill-for-demolition-of-unauthorised-man-cave-as-council-to-get-millionaire-to-pay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=43210","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the doorstep\u2019: Huge bill for demolition of unauthorised \u2018man cave&#8217; as council to get millionaire to pay"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Graham Wildin, 73, has been fighting the council over the illegal leisure complex he built which included a bowling alley etc., reports <em>Gloucestershire Live.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gloucestershire Live<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The demolition of \u2018Britain\u2019s biggest man cave\u2019 cost taxpayers around \u00a3220,000\u2026 the council wants millionaire accountant\u2026 who built the\u2026 complex, to foot the bill. Forest of Dean District Council demolished and removed the 10,000sq\/ft building in Meendhurst Road in Cinderford last summer\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2026The high profile case highlights the critical importance in complying with planning rules, council chiefs say\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2018\u2026When individuals choose to ignore these rules, they not only act unlawfully but place an unfair burden on the wider public&#8230;\u2019&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk\/news\/gloucester-news\/huge-bill-demolition-uks-biggest-10116079\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read more&#8230;.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Graham Wildin, 73, has been fighting the council over the illegal leisure complex he built which included a bowling alley etc., reports Gloucestershire Live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6,30,93,172,16],"class_list":["post-43210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-building","tag-environment","tag-legislation","tag-local-government","tag-planning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43210","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43210"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43211,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43210\/revisions\/43211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}