The couple claim they are being unfairly victimised as their neighbours have them same fence
A neighbourhood row has broken out after a couple were ordered to halve the height of their garden fence by the local council.
But the couple, who have both worked in the RAF, claim they are being unfairly victimised because 'nothing has happened’ to the owners of several other fences in the street, which they say are exactly the same height. Susan said: "It replaced an overgrown hedge which was leaning over a path, stopping wheelchairs and mums with prams using it."Other people have exactly the same type of fence as we’ve got, so why are we being punished?"And we are worried about being able to afford the work in this age of austerity."
"It’s the loss of the privacy that I’m worried about. It’s crazy because I could put a hedge back in and let it get as big as I like. In his ruling, the inspector said: "Other examples of conspicuous fencing are no compelling reason to accept the fencing the subject of the deemed planning application."
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