F & B belatedly pleaded guilty to offences under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, having carried out unauthorised works to a Grade 2 listed Georgian building.
The building was constructed by the Marquis of Anglesey, who was Wellington’s second in command at the Battle of Waterloo. F owned the building, B was his builder.
The pair were ordered to pay £7,000 in fines and costs. The case was prosecuted by Syan instructed by the Local Authority.
