{
  "id": 3640278,
  "title": "Turkish firm ordered to tear down holiday homes built in 500-year-old woodland",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/turkish-firm-ordered-to-tear-down-holiday-homes-built-in-500-year-old",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-26T18:49:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Times of India",
    "slug": "times-of-india",
    "url": "https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/mystery-turkish-firm-ordered-by-council-to-tear-down-holiday-homes-built-without-planning-permission-after-hundreds-of-trees-cut-down-in-500-year-old-woodland-100-ordered-to-replace-those-lost/articleshow/133549514.cms"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A Turkish agricultural corporation, Azara Gid San, has been compelled to dismantle structures and remove materials from a 33-acre woodland in Silsden, Keighley, West Yorkshire. The company acquired the Jacobs Farm two years ago for £1.05 million, but its £1.05 million acquisition sparked a planning dispute. The woodland, which is believed to be over 500 years old, is rich in flora and provides habitat for protected species.\n\nA planning inspector recently upheld an enforcement notice from Bradford Metropolitan District Council, mandating the removal of two holiday homes, three concrete pads, associated septic tanks, and the excavation areas where septic tanks were installed. The company has been given a 12-month deadline to complete the work. Additionally, 100 replacement trees must be planted within 20 months, with species including oak, silver birch, field maple, rowan, crab apple, hazel, and hawthorn. The Turkish firm argued that the disputed works had been completed before its purchase, but this claim was rejected.",
  "summary": "A mystery Turkish firm has been ordered by a council to tear down holiday homes built without planning permission in a 500-year-old English woodland. The company bought the 33-acre Jacobs Farm in Silsden for £1.05 million two years ago. A planning inspector rejected its appeal and ordered 100 trees to be planted to replace those lost during the unauthorised works.",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}