Pensioner faces homelessness as council demolishes cabin she has lived in for seven years
Brigid Eakins, 66, says she will be forced to live on the streets after town hall chiefs demanded she tear down the eco-home she built for herself in 2014
11:33, 23 APR 2021
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A pensioner is facing homelessness after council bosses ordered her to demolish the luxury log cabin she has lived in for the past SEVEN years.
A woman has been ordered to demolish her luxury log cabin eco-home, where she has lived for seven years, after the council ruled it was too big and breaches planning permission.
Brigid Eakins, 66, has said that she will be forced to live on the streets after town hall chiefs demanded she tear down the eco-home she built for herself in St Michaels, near Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire, in 2014.
The mother-of-three spent £59,000 of her life savings constructing the cabin from natural materials and applied for planning permission at the time in order to do so.
She was told she did not require permission as there was already a mobile home on the site in the quaint hamlet.