According to the British "Mirror" report on June 29, a 73-year-old British farmer named Robert Fidler built a replica Tudor-style castle in Salford, near Red Hill, Surrey. However, it was ordered to be demolished because it did not obtain a building permit from the government.
Fiedler filed a building application in 1998. Under British law, the government has eight weeks to respond to him. However, Fiedler waited for two years without any approval.
Losing patience, Fiedler decided in 2000 to build his castle without permission. In order to avoid being discovered, he built a tall and large circle in his yard with haystacks and tires, spread a huge tarpaulin on top, and then quietly began to build a castle in the circle.
Four years later, his castle was completed. This is a four-bedroom mansion with a tower and cannon, which cost more than one million pounds (nearly 10 million yuan) to build.
Unable to obtain a building permit, Fidler continued to hide it behind a haystack.
In 2005, Fiedler once again asked the government for a building permit. This time he still didn't get an answer. For eight years, Fiedler received no feedback on his application.
Under British law, if a building has been in public for four years without permission, it can continue to exist. Fiedler planned to exploit this loophole and hide his castle from public view. But legally speaking, he didn't "hide it" because no one asked him about it.
Unfortunately, Fiedler's castle was discovered in 2007 and the city council asked him to demolish the building immediately.
Fiedler was unwilling and chose to appeal and submit the case to the High Court.
After nine years of twists and turns, Fiedler failed to save his castle, and the High Court also ordered him to demolish the building. He was also sentenced to three months probation and will be jailed if he does not complete the demolition by June 2015.
In order to avoid jail, Fiedler had to demolish his castle in March 2016. The castle where he lived with his wife and son for 15 years ended up with only a fireplace and a bunch of dismantled doors and windows.
