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Family home extended without council consent
The Journal
|January 27, 2026
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Newcastle family could be ordered to tear down major extensions to their countryside home that were built without planning permission.The Ladhars were accused on Friday of an “intentional” disregard for the city’s planning rules, in a dispute over their property in the village of Woolsington.
Newcastle City Council said that unauthorised and “inappropriate” development had been carried out at the Redlands estate - including extensions to its main seven-bed-room home, the building of a separate five-bed “annex” house, a 10-bay garage being erected, and removing woodland to form an extended garden.
The family, whose businesses include care home firm Crown Care and a number of bar and restaurants, was refused retrospective permission for the works at a planning committee hearing on Friday morning.
Ladhar firm Crafted Projects owns a number of popular Newcastle venues, including Pleased to Meet You, Lady Grey’s, and the Crown Posada pub.
This story is from the January 27, 2026 edition of The Journal.
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