Dismayed neighbours are being threatened with court action by a council if they do not take action over the height of their fences. Homeowners in Lliswerry in Newport began receiving enforcement notices from Newport City Council last year after one had a lengthy battle with the local authority over her tidy but rather unremarkable looking fence.
If a fence is on the highway it requires planning permission if it is planned to be a metre tall or more. Four aggrieved residents point to the numerous other fences in the area and say they are being targeted, but because the other fences have been up for more than four years they can stay. One woman has two fences that are the same height but she needs to demolish the newer one.
Angela Cureton, 78, proudly started painting her fence a nice dark green days after she spent thousands having it built last summer. Little did she know that Corinne Winslett, who lived around the corner, was in a fight with the council over her fence which alerted the council to other almost identical fences having gone up in Lliswerry. For the latest Newport news sign up to our newsletter here.
