A NIGHTMARE neighbour who built ‘Britain’s biggest man cave’ has won permission to build a second adjoining “party house” as a holiday let.
Millionaire Graham Wildin, 70, defied court orders and even served jail time amid seething protest from residents over his 10,000 sq ft leisure complex at his home in Cinderford, Gloucestershire.
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The hedonistic space was built in 2014 despite reported complaints of issues with parking, bubbling hot tubs and screeching saxophone playing.
The eye-catching man cave boasted a bowling alley, casino and a cinema, but was never granted planning permission.
However, the pensioner has now been given a temporary green light for an adjoining “party house” at his six-bedroom property.
Paradise Trustees, who the Local Democracy Reporting Service say is understood to be related to Mr Wildin, applied to Forest of Dean District Council.
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They applied for retrospective permission to change the use of the house into a holiday let.
A handful of locals and Cinderford Town Council expressed opposition to the the development management committee on Wednesday, according to the LDRS.
Despite the concerns district council officers recommended approving the plans on a temporary level until January 2026.
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They said it will allow highway impacts and noise impacts of the use to be appropriately assessed.
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It comes after a landowner who has been threatened with jail unless he bulldozes two family homes he built without planning permission has been slammed as “arrogant”.
Michael Merrill, 51, built two wooden-clad properties on his land in the rural village of Wirsall, Cheshire, with one for his immediate family and another for his in-laws.
Neighbours have blasted the dad for openly defying planning laws in the ten-year battle with Cheshire East Council.
One said: “He’s arrogant.
“He thinks planning laws don’t apply to him and he can do what he wants.
“This has been a real saga and seems to just go on and on.”
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