In order to build pretty much anything in the UK you need to have planning permission. If that building happens to be a castle, then attempting to erect it without permission is going to be tough as it's quite noticeable on the skyline.
Robert Fidler, a 60-year-old farmer from Surrey, not only managed to build a castle without permission, he hid it from view for four years.
The castle formed a luxury home for the farmer, but no planning permission was sought. Instead, he decided to hide it behind a large wall of hay bales. It was completed in 2002 and Fidler and his family moved in.
In 2006 Fidler made the mistake of deciding to move the wall of hay and expose the castle. Sure enough, less than a year later and the council were demanding it be demolished. Fidler appealed, but that has been rejected and now it looks as though the castle is coming down.
Source: Mail Online
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