For many homeowners, it is their worst fear.
Their idyllic view, their noise barrier, their privacy, destroyed in a weekend.
It is a nightmare the residents of Bridgefoot Cottages – which lie along Watling Street, the ancient Roman road, in Hertfordshire – know all too well and have endured for years after travellers arrived to fell the thick woodland at the end of their gardens.
In 2022, men on diggers razed the trees to the ground without permission, exposing the cottages to a busy main road and their residents to foul-mouthed invaders.
Two years later, after having their retrospective planning application rejected by Hertsmere
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