PHOTO: Gary Reilly admitted the work done to his Mahana property had all been done without a building consent.
A man who converted a barn on his Mahana property into a habitable dwelling without a building consent has been fined $10,500.
Gary Francis Reilly appeared in the Nelson District Court on Wednesday facing a charge of carrying out work without a building consent.
A summary of facts showed that Reilly and his wife purchased the Mahana property in December 2016.
In November 2017, the Tasman District Council granted the couple a resource consent to build a barn on the property, on the basis it would not be a habitable building.
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