Drawing on our archives, here are some of the most unusual planning and enforcement stories covered across the area in recent months. The man who parked a caravan inside a buildingOne of the most talked-about planning stories reported by the Mail centred on a former Victorian waterworks building in the Lake District. The holiday-let yurt that became the subject of an investigationA planning application involving a yurt at Hobkin Ground Farm, near Broughton Mills, also attracted attention. The caravan lodge installed before permission was grantedAt Cartmel, a retrospective planning application was submitted after a large holiday lodge had already been installed. Why these cases attract attentionWhile most planning decisions receive little public attention, unusual applications often become talking points because they raise questions few people expect planning authorities to answer.