Man Who Converted Farm to Home without Planning Permission Must Pay £25k or Face Jail

Man facing prison if he fails to pay £25k fine for converting farm into home without planning permission

A man who converted a Yorkshire farm into a home without planning permission has been ordered to pay more than £25,000 or face jail time.Liam Snowden, 34, was convicted at York Crown Court in January after ignoring an enforcement notice first issued in 2020.Snowden bought land at East Field Barn, Deighton, near Northallerton and converted a former agricultural building into his home without seeking planning permission.Two retrospective applicati…

Man who converted farm to home without planning permission must pay £25k or face jail

A North Yorkshire man who carried on living in a home built without planning permission has been ordered to pay more than £25,000 or face jail.

Man ordered to pay £25,000 after living in barn conversion without permission - Hambleton Today

A 34-year-old man has been ordered to pay more than £25,000 after ignoring enforcement action and continuing to live in a property built without planning permission. Liam Snowden was convicted at York Crown Court in January after failing to comply with an enforcement notice issued in 2020 by Hambleton District Council. The court heard that Snowden bought land at East Field Barn, Deighton, near Northallerton and converted a former agricultural bu…