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Planning rules were deemed to be more important than the human rights of a man who wanted to convert a holiday chalet into a permanent home.

James Gill, of Renhold, appealed to the Government’s Planning Inspectorate after Bedford Borough Council refused his retrospective application for the riverside plot B at The Brambles, in Water Lane.

Mr Gill had claimed that someone would be made homeless if the appeal was thrown out, but that did not sway inspector Anne Denby. She visited the site in February.

Democracy and planning rules overrule human rights in appeal for new home in Renhold, near Bedford