A man is set to be ordered to tear down a fence put up without planning permission after neighbours claim he built around an area of woodland he does not own. Gregory Favier applied to the council for consent to keep the 6ft wooden fence around his home but planners said it created an "unacceptable loss of open space".
He sought planning permission retrospectively after the structure was reported to the council. This then attracted objections from some living locally who claimed land not belonging to Mr Favier's property had been encroached on.
Laura Collins, who lives in the Edinburgh suburb, said she often plays with her children in the woods next to the home and it was "obvious that a large area of woodland has been taken into private ownership without authorisation". Neighbours said the land was allegedly taken over and was mutually owned by dozens of local residents who had not given their permission, EdinburghLive reports.
