Man fined for living on land illegally in Uplyme

A man who was illegally living on land not meant for residential use has been fined more than £4,500.

Justin David Lacey pleaded guilty at Exeter Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday, August 11, to failing to comply with a notice requiring him to cease the residential occupation of land, at Woodhouse, Lyme Road, Uplyme.

East Devon District Council (EDDC) issued Lacey with a planning enforcement notice earlier this year asking him to remove a static caravan, timber-clad generator housing structure and all associated domestic paraphernalia before returning the land back to its previous condition.