Woodland den built by teenagers to be torn down after just one complaint

The group of six teenage boys from the village of Beer in East Devon started building their hangout in November

The den which has been ordered to be torn down. (Leo Gribble / SWNS)

A ‘secret’ woodland den built by a group of bored teenage boys may have to be torn down after council chiefs said there were concerns over ‘health and safety issues.’

The hand-built created by a group of boys who had “no where else to hang out” faces demolition East Devon District Council which said it also constituted ‘illegal occupation’.

The group of six teenage boys from the village of Beer, East Devon started building their hangout in November, and only finished construction a few weeks ago before a notice appeared on the door.