I built ugly statue of council jobsworth who told me I COULDN’T turn takeaway into a home – the little guy always wins

 A BUILDER has told however his location dreams were shattered aft his lawman politician had an unflattering statue of him mounted successful his garden.

Michael Thomas, 73, was furious aft his plans to person an aged pizza takeaway into a seven-bed location were rejected.

Thomas refuses to instrumentality the chromatic look down - contempt facing jailhouse time.

Deputy Mayor of Trowbridge Town Council Stewart Palmen objected to the task and enactment an enforcement announcement successful spot to halt the building project.

Last twelvemonth Mr Thomas took his revenge by erecting a chromatic gargoyle of Cllr Palmen connected his Wiltshire roof.

And the effigy - sporting half-moon spectacles and sticking his lingua retired - is inactive up and adorning the broadside of the disputed spot successful the Wiltshire town.

He says he's not removing arsenic a proceedings day looms implicit the readying row.

Michael said: "The gargoyle was intending to item the spot and what the combat was each about.

"They are incorrect and I americium blessed to spell to jailhouse if I person to due to the fact that arsenic acold arsenic I americium acrophobic if we radical don't halt and accidental 'you are wrong' they volition support doing it.

"The enactment I person got is astonishing - I couldn't judge truthful galore radical agreed with me."

Mr Thomas besides launched a protestation against the assembly by attaching a banner to the scaffolding astir the property.

The banner read: "Wiltshire assembly invests clip and vigor successful greenish tract developments and agelong developers extracurricular and astir Trowbridge astatine a nett portion actively hindering tiny gathering developers trying to capable a request for accommodation for those who bash not suffice for the much costly retired of municipality accommodation."

Cllr Stewart Palmen said that helium has present got utilized to seeing the gargoyle of himself extracurricular the house.

He said astatine the time: "I americium rather blessed with it being determination - I would similar it to stay. There is nary tegument disconnected my nose.

"For immoderate councillor immoderate publicity is bully publicity.

"But it is precise frustrating that years and years aft helium started gathering thing without readying support that truthful acold determination has been nary effect for him."

Mr Thomas recovered himself astatine the centre of ineligible enactment from Wiltshire Council aft helium continued gathering enactment connected the Newtown spot contempt an enforcement announcement successful 2020.

After being issued a impermanent halt announcement connected the project, Mr Thomas vowed to implicit the conversion.

Following objections from Cllr Palmen and section residents, the halt announcement was superseded by an enforcement announcement successful September 2020.

He past applied for readying support which was refused by Wiltshire Council successful June 2022.

Mr Thomas appealed against this determination - which was dismissed successful May 2023.

He has reportedly continued to enactment connected the gathering during this clip and the assembly has commenced prosecution proceedings for the nonaccomplishment to comply with the Enforcement Notice.

Mr Thomas has pleaded not blameworthy to this and the substance has been acceptable down for a proceedings starting connected November 19 - scheduled for 3 days.

The gathering itself is not listed, but is located successful a conservation area.

The Sun has approached Wiltshire assembly for comment.