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Series looking at building planning processes.

Charles Wright believed that a house built on his parents' land within the Greenbelt would never be allowed, so he turned a wood cabin into his home sweet home without any planning permission. But Planning Enforcement Officer Brian Taplin and Braintree Council have caught up with him.

If Charles can't prove that he's lived there continuously for the past four years, then his house in the country could be demolished.

Landscape designer Diarmuid Gavin never shies away from controversy and his design for a garden pavilion for a luxury block of flats has the neighbours up in arms. They worry that the peace of the suburb will be destroyed by wild parties but Diarmuid thinks they are just being difficult for the sake of it.

In another garden, Head of Enforcement at Brent Council, Tim Rolt, discovers a shocking case of what's known in the trade as 'beds in sheds' when he goes to demolish an illegally-built garden extension.