A ‘petty’ council has enraged its residents after demanding they tear down a one-foot high picket fence around their communal garden.
Julian Philips, 80, put up the fence to spruce up the garden and stop it from being driven over and protect the flower garden for the 31 flats.
But the housing group Orbit, which owns the building in Helgate Court in Norwich, Norfolk, gave the pensioner seven days to remove the fence after claiming it was a ‘trip hazard’.
Mr Philips said: ‘I’ll be annoyed if it is removed because I don’t want people driving over the garden again. The fence is here
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