Bungling council staff have accidentally approved or rejected five planning applications, adding bizarre sarcastic comments at the end of each one.
One applicant, a charity boss was told their scheme was turned down because 'your proposal is whack'.
But even though they were mistakes, lawyers have told bosses at Swale Council in Kent the decisions are legally binding and they will have to spend thousands obtaining a judicial review to have each decision reversed in court.
The astonishing blunder by the Mid Kent Planning Support team, which handles online planning matters for Swale council, happened when a 'junior' member of staff was trying to resolve software issues.
In doing so, five 'dummy' decisions, used to test the website was working, were accidentally published.
Among them was the sarcastic refusal to a desperate bid by Happy Pants animal sanctuary to stay on its site near Sittingbourne.
Pictured: Amey James, founder of The Happy Pants Ranch, was given a sarcastic refusal to its request to stay on its site near Sittingbourne in Kent - one of five planning applications accidentally rejected or approved by bungling council staff
Pictured: A satellite image showing the plot of land in Kent where the Happy Pants Ranch is, which the animal sanctuary applied to remain on but was refused
Pictured: The planning decision notice given to the Happy Pants Ranch, with reasons given listed as: 'Your proposal is whack' and 'no mate, proper whack'
The charity was told 'your proposal is whack' and 'no mate, proper whack'. Making good the mistaken planning decisions is now set to cost at least £8,000.
A butcher's change-of-use applicaton in Sittingbourne was also turned down, along with the official response: 'No, just don't', while the partial demolition of The Wheatsheaf pub in Sittingbourne, was granted, with the comment 'incy, wincy, spider'.
Another application, for the demolition of a pub in Sheerness, to make way for flats, was granted, with the bizarre comment was 'why am I doing this, am I the chosen one?'
Meanwhile, an application for the change of use for a barn to provide storage for seeds and crop protection products, precision farm services and office space in Bredgar Road, Tunstall, was granted, apparently with 20 conditions, which were just the numbers 1-20.
Swale council is now seeking to quash the planning decisions issued in error.
It said that, on August 19, officers for the Mid Kent Planning Support team were trying to find a solution for issues with the software behind the public access site but, during the exercise, 'dummy' decision notices on five randomly selected Swale applications were published on the live system.
The partial demolition of The Wheatsheaf pub in Sittingbourne was granted, with the comment under the reasons given saying 'incy, wincy, spider'
Pictured: The planning decision notice given to the Wheatsheaf pub by Swale Council
After being alerted to the mistake, the decision notices were swiftly removed from the site, but legal advice has subsequently confirmed they are legally binding and must be overturned before the correct
