"Chris J Dixon" wrote in message
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Huge wrote:

One of the best projects they followed IMHO - it showed a man who got
exactly what he sought, and it was something that would have been almost
impossible for him to have got in any other way.

Absolutely. And it was a super house, to boot.

Is it still the case that the planning consent was only for his
lifetime - after that it has to come down?

Ben Law is not the average man. He is not a loner in a wood whose only
available income was the wood itself. He is heavily into permaculture and
has written a book on it and one on this house - he went to Albania for
Oxfam teaching the locals. Go Amazon and search on Ben Law. Also do a
Google search and more comes up. He had access to knowledgeable people on
planning, design, craft skills, etc.

That is not disparaging to Ben, and he is a light and gives hope to all.
Alas the draconian planning system stands in the way of advancement for
all. - and his house was advanced being fully off the grid with all
mod-cons.