Listed Buildings Prosecutions Database Commentary

4 interior of the property. No application for any listed building consent was made before, during or after the works had been carried out. Most of what was originally in that property had been stripped out and dumped. Layers of history were ripped out and discarded. The impact of the works has been immensely damaging. The soft feel of the original had been replaced with a very harsh and stark appearance.” After five days of legal argument Davies pleaded guilty to five offences having failed in a succession of applications to have the prosecution halted. Judge Daniel Williams told Davies: “What you did to the property was criminal. You turned it into a palace comparable to that of an Iron Curtain dictator. You’ve done everything to make life as difficult as possible for the prosecution. You played for high stakes and you’ve lost.” Judge Williams imposed a £60,000 fine to be paid by September 15 th 2015 and that £240,000 of the prosecution costs of £440,000 were to be paid in £40,000 installments over a six-month period. The defendant claimed not have the money but the Judge ordered that failure to pay the fine in full, Davies would result in a 20-month prison sentence. (Source: The Times 19 August 2015, Wales Today & several other national & regional news outlets) Further photos of the interior at : http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/childrens-gravestones-decorated-all-things-9881355 Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council [10-2013] Marsh Hall Barn, Lands Head End, Northowram Halifax, Listed Grade 2*. The building was listed in November 1954 and was dated 1626 but perhaps incorporating older work and had subsequently been divided into three dwellings. On 28 th May 2012 the Council’s Planning Services was informed that the barn