Richard Scott, for years blamed for making villagers' lives a misery, has been warned to tidy up his land.

The farmer faced the full weight of planners' powers last week when they issued 26 enforcement notices against him.

One will limit the use of his land for car boot sales and Sunday markets.

"It is fantastic news for the locals and to have so many enforcement notices is unheard of," said a spokesman for Ollerton with Marthall Parish Council.

Council solicitors are now expected to contact Mr Scott at his farm in Marthall.

Mr Scott began holding Sunday markets and car boot sales on his land in Marthall six years ago.

Since then villagers have complained of endless queues of traffic when the markets are held on his land.

By law, Mr Scott is entitled to hold markets on his land 14 times a year.

But to stop Mr Scott rotating the markets on his land in Marthall, Wilmslow and Congleton, Macclesfield Borough Council last week voted to treat his land as one plot.

"We have put together all his legal holdings," said a spokesman.

Last week's decision - taken by Macclesfield's main planning committee - means Mr Scott must also:

RE-SEED parts of land used for car boot sales within the next 12 months.

REMOVE some hardcore tracks and railway sleepers.

REPLACE the hardcore with soil and

RE-SEED the soil with grass.

When the Knutsford Guardian called Mr Scott's home last week, a spokesman said he was ill in bed.

But he said it was likely Mr Scott would appeal.

"The council are just against the car boot sales on principle, but it is just another waste of ratepayers' money," he said.

"The beauty now is that European Court of Human Rights have made it easier to appeal," he said.