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| Fight to save hidden castle fails | Fight to save hidden castle fails |
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| A farmer who built a castle hidden inside a stack of straw bales has lost a High Court bid to save it from being demolished. | A farmer who built a castle hidden inside a stack of straw bales has lost a High Court bid to save it from being demolished. |
| Robert Fidler, of Salfords, Surrey, built the house, complete with turrets, without planning permission. | Robert Fidler, of Salfords, Surrey, built the house, complete with turrets, without planning permission. |
| He kept it hidden until August 2006 and was ordered to tear it down by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council in 2008. | He kept it hidden until August 2006 and was ordered to tear it down by Reigate and Banstead Borough Council in 2008. |
| Mr Fidler appealed on the basis that his house had stood for four years without anyone objecting to it. | Mr Fidler appealed on the basis that his house had stood for four years without anyone objecting to it. |
| He claimed he only started building the structure when the council did not answer his planning application to turn a cowshed into a house. | He claimed he only started building the structure when the council did not answer his planning application to turn a cowshed into a house. |