A man who "boasted" about his holiday home in Cornwall on social media has been branded a "doofus" by a local councillor after his planning permission was refused. Jack Lindsay, from Oxford, said it took "five months of blood, sweat and tears" to construct the cabin in Threemilestone, Truro.
But when he tried to apply for retrospective planning permission as a "traveller and rural worker" it was rejected by the council, reports CornwallLive. Mr Lindsay installed the holiday home during lockdown but has since found out he wasn't allowed to use the ground on which the cabin stands in Willow Lake, Besore.
The council raised concerns that the dwelling "fails to conserve or enhance the intrinsic landscape character and scenic beauty of the rural landscape" - and that Mr Lindsay did not fit "the definition of a traveller".
