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A luxury treehouse has been built without planning permission, a council says.

Locals near The Cornish Treehouse at Morval near Looe, Cornwall, are unhappy its owners must apply for retrospective permission.

Writing online, one resident said: “Nothing wrong with [it].”

Another posted: “Build whatever you want.”

A third stated: “Mad how people need permission to build a single tree house on their own land.”

The property is rented out as holiday accommodation, reports Cornwall Live.

Cornwall Council states, on its planning portal, the application is for a “treehouse for the purposes of tourism accommodation (retrospective)”.

The Cornish Treehouse is currently advertised as being available to stay in from £195 a night.

John Kitson, from Morval Estate, has applied for planning permission for the treehouse which has one bedroom and one bathroom and is advertised as an “ultra cosy couples’ retreat”. 

Cornwall Council has been approached for comment.

There are dozens of planning applications submitted each week at most councils across the UK.

They can range from those seeking permission to cut down trees to housing developments of hundreds of homes.

Each application is considered by planning officers and is published on the council website’s planning portal to give the public the opportunity to look at proposals and comment on them if they wish to do so.

Decisions will be made about the applications either by planning officers under what are known as delegated powers or they might go before the council’s planning committees.

It comes after Express.co.uk reported how a partially built home in a quiet suburb may have to be torn down because it has no planning permission and breaches fire regulations.

The six-bedroom house in Trafford, Greater Manchester, also “did not comply with building regulations in respect of fire safety and accessibility”.

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