Conservative councillor Martin Storey launched a scathing attack on planning guidance during a West Norfolk planning meeting where councillors were advised to throw out the veteran's proposal.

The applicant, Mr Stephen Clarkson, had spent 13 years as an ammunition technical officer involved in counter terrorism and bomb disposal and revealed in his application that his health had suffered as a result.

The barn is severely damaged (Image: King's Lynn & West Norfolk planning portal)

Diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2011, he and his wife had invested more than £350,000, - what they described as their life savings - in building a three-bedroom "forever home" in Terrington St. Clement, near King’s Lynn.

Despite purchasing the site more than a year ago, a series of planning mishaps had left the couple living in a log cabin at the site while they awaited permission to carry out work.

Documents submitted by Mr Clarkson report that he........

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