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Permission Impossible: Britain's Planners

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Permission Impossible: Britain's Planners: Episode 7

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A veteran wants to build holiday homes to help injured colleagues rebuild their lives.

Documentary series following the work of Britain's environment planners. A forces veteran wants to build holiday lodges to help injured colleagues rebuild their lives.

In this episode, a couple from Oakmere, Cheshire, have spent over £80,000 building their dream home, but when they changed their original plans they didn't reapply for planning permission. Now their home and future is at risk if planning permission is not granted.

In Hoddesdon, Hertforshire, a planning application is underway to build 523 homes on 103 acres of green belt land. Not surprisingly the plans have already met with stiff opposition from local residents.

And in Cheshire, forces veteran Joe O'Connor wants to build holiday lodges on land behind his home to help injured colleagues rebuild their lives. But will this former royal engineer win his planning battle?

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