Dad told to demolish back garden bungalow

COUNCIL DEADLINE FOR HOME THAT DIDN'T HAVE PLANNING PERMISSION

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A DAD claims he will be made homeless after he was ordered to tear down a bungalow in his ex-wife's back garden in a planning wrangle.

Mark Jones, 55, spent £180,000 building the bungalow in Walmley Ash Road, Sutton Coldfield, in March 2019, hoping his late father could move in.

After Mark's father died in October that year, his daughter and her boyfriend used it during the pandemic, before Mark moved in himself.

But Mark undertook the project without planning permission, and now has just eight days to meet a demolition deadline.

Mark, who initially believed he could build the bungalow under permitted development rules, has twice been refused planning permission and has lost an appeal.