Councillor wins planning battle after neighbours complained they could hear son having sex in shed
A councillor has won a planning battle to keep three garden sheds after he was ordered to pull them down because neighbours could hear his son having sex in one. Brian Ayling, 75, built the three outbuildings which he described as 'small timber cabins' in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, last year without planning permission for relatives to stay in overnight. His son Luke, 33, moved in permanently after losing his job and neighbours complained that they could hear him having sex with his girlfriend in the shed. But officials have now ruled that Mr Ayling's son can stay in the wooden outhouse des...