A couple who swapped their car for a cargo bike are taking on Bristol City Council after officials ordered they remove two planters they were using to create their own parking space on a public road outside their home.
Anna and Mark Cordle have been told that enforcement action would be taken against them if they don’t remove the heavy planters from their road in Redfield - and the couple have told Bristol Live they won’t do that, and in return have lodged a formal complaint against the council.
The couple say they have the support of more than 50 of their neighbours, and point out that the kind of thing they’ve done unofficially is exactly the sort of thing the council is proposing to do as part of the Liveable Neighbourhood proposals in their area.
