A man who fitted £4,000 gates on his barn conversion in the countryside has been ordered to take them out because they are too smart for the rural area.
Owner David Holman, 53, spent thousands of pounds installing the aluminium gates to replace the normal five-bar gate his home called Little Cider Mill Barn.
The modern 6ft gates boast a "high quality" wood grain effect on the entrance to his dream barn conversion. But locals objected - and planning officials have ordered for them to be torn down after ruling the style does not "reflect the rural character of the area”.
