had applied to develop her property without her knowledge or consent.

When Mrs. Irene Hill found out her tenant had applied to build a dog kennels and training centre on a piece of land she owns in Pembroke, she said: "I don't know where he got the authority from, even going through the Development Applications Board.'' The application was submitted in tenant Mr. Rawn Nigel Tucker's name, but also carried Mrs. Hill's name and postal address.

The plans called for a kennel with an attached food storage bin, a prefabricated office building and a fenced dog run to be built on the empty lot on St. Augustine's Road.

Mrs. Hill said: "They had better be prefab because I'm planning on building on there at some time or other. In the interim, I have given him permission to use it. Something sounds like it's going awry.'' She said she gave Mr. Tucker permission to put down a concrete slab for the dogs to run on, and to put up some restrictions around the property, but nothing more.

But the architect and agent of the project, who did not wish to be named, said: "None of the structures there are permanent.'' The "kennel'' was simply to be a fenced area with shelters for the dogs, surrounded by weather-proof sound-proofing panels, he said, and the office would be a temporary construction-site shed.

He stressed that everything could be picked up and taken away if Mrs. Hill decided to withdraw her lease.

The law does not require the owner's signature on any proposal to develop his or her land, said Mrs. Aideen Ratteray-Pryse, Assistant Director of Planning.

"Anyone can apply to develop anyone's property,'' she said.

Applications to the Board by tenants like Mr. Tucker must be accompanied by a certificate from the applicant, stating that the property owner is aware of the proposal.

"They don't need to sign (the certificate),'' she said.

Mrs. Ratteray-Pryse said this was "fairly standard as regards planning legislation''.

The standard thing to do now would be to ask Mr. Tucker to give them the certificate, she said.