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A ROW over a rural home built without planning permission could cost the council thousands of pounds after it was accused of putting out a “fundamentally flawed” enforcement order. Farmer Ian Hodge was ordered to have the chalet, built with his elderly parents’ savings, removed after he was refused planning permission by East Lothian Council for the home. An appeal to Scottish Ministers failed to overturn the original planning decision and the local authority issued an enforcement notice. However, Mr Hodge has now challenged the validity of the notice itself, with his agents accusing the council of acting “unreasonably”. And they have asked Scottish Ministers to throw out the notice and award the farmer expenses, forcing the council to pay for the cost of the appeal.