A disabled pre-school teacher has had plans for a vital driveway for her electric mobility car refused by her local council - despite them awarding her a £20,000 grant to build it.
Rachael Ardron suffers from severe arthritis in her knees, hip, back and neck and requires a drive to easily access her house and charge her car overnight.
But plans for a dropped kerb and driveway in front of the 49-year-old's home in the leafy village of Charlton, near Andover, Hampshire, have been repeatedly rejected by council planning officers who say the drive would ruin the rural "character" of the area.
