article_snippet.sent: A farmer built without planning permission and hid behind hay bales for four years.
article_snippet.sent: Robert Fidler built in Salfords, Surrey, without planning permission and hid behind hay bales for four years .
article_snippet.sent: The 66-year-old used dozens of hay bales, blue tarpaulin and tyres to hide the house from 2002 to 2006 .
article_snippet.sent: One said: ‘It was a complete shock when the hay came down and this castle was in the hay place.
article_snippet.sent: This was a reference to the bales and tarpaulins that had been used to conceal This, meaning the project had effectively continued after 2002.
article_snippet.sent: Further delays were caused when The farmer submitted applications for the house to be retained for agricultural use.
article_snippet.sent: The farmer claimed it was needed to provide accommodation for a worker in connection with a beef farming business on the site.
highlights_snippet.sent: Used bales of hay to disguise the building before unveiling the building in 2006 .
  Tried to exploit loophole that allows building if no complaints for four years .
  