Largely because it was reported so widely and was obvious what had happened. Where I live a listed church mysteriously burnt down the night after planning perm

Largely because it was reported so widely and was obvious what had happened. Where I live a listed church mysteriously burnt down the night after planning permission to turn it into a hotel was declined. Oddly it's just sat there as a burnt out husk for the last 15 years, rather than the developer forcing the issue.