OAP couple at war with Scots council over garden in fresh battle over home
STANDING GROUND OAP couple at war with Scots council over garden in fresh battle over home
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A COUPLE vowed to stand their ground after stopping council officials tearing down the garden they have tended for 55 years.
We told how Des and Jeanette Connor were stunned to learn they do not own their cherished plot.
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Workers turned up earlier this month to remove all property and fencing
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The garden holds cherished memories for Des and his wife, Jeanette
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And they stood firm when landscapers arrived earlier this month to rip it up after a legal row.
Great-grandad Des, 80, of Cumbernauld, said: 'They came to demolish the fence and the patio, cut down the tree, take away the hut and sow down grass.
"I explained I'd been here for 55 years.'
The bemused workers then made a call and an official showed up to talk to Des. He said: 'It's quite disturbing.'
Tensions first arose in May 2023 when former roofer Des refused contractors access to the back garden to fix a leak at his neighbours' property.
Two months later North Lanarkshire Council told him it owned the patch of ground.
A sheriff in Airdrie sided with the local authority.
Last April Des was given 28 days to remove 'all property and fencing'.
North Lanarkshire Council said: 'We noted the sheriff's ruling. Our officers and contractors attended the property but were denied entry.
'We can't comment further on ongoing legal matters.'
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It comes after we told how Lewis Capaldi is locked in a battle with his neighbours over plans for a new fence.
The Someone You Loved singer, 28, hopes to beef up privacy with a 6ft-high wooden barrier around the grounds of his farmhouse, near Glasgow.
But resident Adam Dunwoodie has objected to the star's planning application claiming an existing fence has already had a 'significant adverse impact' on his home life.
He said he understands Lewis's 'desire for security and privacy' but argued the height of the proposed partition would be 'oppressive'.
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