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Jonathon Hill & Sam Truelove

Man builds 6ft wall outside home for 'security' - now council want it demolished

A homeowner who built a six-foot wall outside his property for "privacy and security" has been locked in a two-year battle with the council because they want it demolished.

Mark Roberts paid £5,000 to erect the structure outside his home in Caerphilly, Wales in 2020. But just one year later he received a letter from Caerphilly County Borough Council demanding the wall be demolished.

“The wall is three years old this month and I had a huge conifer hedge there,” the garden product manufacturer told Wales Online.

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