{"id":85525,"date":"2023-09-18T20:49:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T20:49:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=85525"},"modified":"2023-09-18T20:49:20","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T20:49:20","slug":"im-furious-after-the-council-banned-my-greenhouse-they-want-me-to-tear-it-down-but-im-not-giving-up-without-a-fight-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/lifestyle\/im-furious-after-the-council-banned-my-greenhouse-they-want-me-to-tear-it-down-but-im-not-giving-up-without-a-fight-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"I'm furious after the council banned my greenhouse – they want me to tear it down but I'm not giving up without a fight | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A GARDENER who was left fuming after the council banned his greenhouse has said he is not giving up without a fight.<\/p>\n
Simon Cornish, 69, has been told to remove the glass structure from a community allotment in Norwich where he has happily gardened since 2014.<\/p>\n
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Simon was ordered to scrap the greenhouse from Thorpe St Andrew Town Council's Hillside plot by December due to the fact it has glass windows.<\/p>\n
He says that although it has never been enforced, the council has always had a ban on traditional glass greenhouses due to the fact they shatter easily.<\/p>\n
Simon even replaced the tired old hothouse he inherited when he started at the plot in order to make it safer.<\/p>\n
And he says that his greenhouse has "modern tempered safety glass" which he claims is almost indestructible.<\/p>\n
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But the passionate gardener has vowed to battle on til the end having written a letter of protest to the council and even reported them to the National Allotment Society.<\/p>\n
Simon told Eastern Daily Press: "Most organisations that run allotments ban glass ones but they usually allow these as they are modern and safe.<\/p>\n
"It's horticultural glass which is the problem and because people usually use stuff they've been given there are some terrible greenhouses up at Hillside so I can understand why they've done it.<\/p>\n
"There's no discussion they just ban it all. I'm so annoyed because I thought I'd done the right thing in replacing mine."<\/p>\n
<\/picture>SHOP TO IT <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>RETAIL WOE <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>SHELF LIFE <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/picture>GOING UP <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n He continued: "I had a spare one with the same glass as mine so I tried to break it but I just couldn't do it, the only thing which would break it is dropping it from a great height.<\/p>\n "Ordinary ones break in hot weather, but my greenhouse is not cheap it's real quality.<\/p>\n "They won't even come down and check to see for themselves."<\/p>\n In response, the council apologised for the inconvenience caused but said few people had been impacted and most that had been had "complied with no issue".<\/p>\n A council spokesman said: "The blanket ban of glass greenhouses was necessary across the two town council allotment sites as\u00a0we have seen damage occur which poses a safety risk to tenants, their families, our officers and the ground itself due to contamination.\u00a0<\/p>\n "We unfortunately cannot guarantee that appropriate\u00a0structures will be purchased for the plots, which is then impossible for us to police.<\/p>\n "We have also had repeat instances of plots being left in a poor\u00a0state of repair\u00a0and therefore cannot trust that any breakages would be appropriately cleared and responsibly recycled."<\/p>\n It comes after a fuming homeowner claimed that his local council have ordered him to tear down his new wall after giving him permission to build it.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a family were left outraged after being ordered to demolish their extension.<\/p>\nWilko issues message to shoppers under new owners – fans will be delighted<\/h3>\n
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