A woman living her "retirement dream" after moving to Wales with her family will be forced to give it all up due to a three-year planning issue that has left her with huge bills. Hazel Cullen, 60, moved to Matt's Farm in Builth Wells in 2019 her husband Richard and teenage daughter Megan to pursue her dream of opening a lodge.
The family worked tirelessly to transform the cabin in the two-acre garden into a luxury getaway called Woodpecker Lodge, with Hazel cooking for holidaymakers at her home just yards away, Wales Online reports.
But after a neighbour complained about a light in the lodge to Powys County Council, the dream began to unravel and the family were hit with a council tax bill for the lodge - with officials saying it was being classed as a second home.
