A fuming builder has put a giant stone gargoyle of a council leader on his roof as a bitter planning row turns ugly.

Michael Thomas, 71, was furious when his plan to convert an old pizza takeaway into a three-storey, seven bedroom, house in multiple occupation (HMO), was rejected.

Trowbridge Town Council leader Stewart Palmen objected to the project and put an enforcement notice in place to halt the building proje