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New build estate drama as row breaks out over wall just two bricks high
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13/04/2025
A row has broken out between developers of a new build estate and a local businessman over the ownership of a wall - just two bricks high.
Lioncourt Homes says it needs to demolish the 'dwarf wall' to create an emergency access route in line with their planning permission.
But Roger White says the two-brick high wall next to a development of 70 homes in Hempsted, Gloucester is his.
Mr White says the wall is on land he inherited from his father when he passed away in 1997.
He says the plot of land was valued at £10,000 in 2017.
He feels like he is being "bullied" by the developers who he says did not approach him to purchase it before building work began.
They sent a cease-and-desist letter to Mr White saying that he had "no entitlement to a ransom" over the wall.
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I've always known that I was left the Dwarf Wall, sadly my father died in 1997 and obviously
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you get left different things from your parents legacy and for me I was left this Dwarf Wall,
00:15
which is really peculiar, but he always said to me keep an eye on it, so I have kept an eye on it
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and about a month ago I came round just to have a look and noticed that all this development was
00:26
going on and then got onto the internet to actually find out what was going on exactly and then
00:33
discovered all the planning documents for Lion Court homes where they're building 70 houses
00:39
that they needed this as an emergency access because apparently it says in the planning that
00:44
the lower part of the site is prone to flooding and therefore the main access could be inaccessible
00:53
so in that case they need this as an emergency exit. I contacted them to obviously let them know
00:59
that I own this Dwarf Wall and this small piece of land and they did say in writing in their reply that
01:06
they did recognise that I own the Dwarf Wall but then subsequently they've said that it's adopted by
01:13
highways and then after that they've said that they actually own the Dwarf Wall which is clearly not the
01:18
case because it's all correctly registered with the land registry it's always been correctly registered
01:24
and I can't believe I'm not against the housing development I think it's great the houses look
01:28
great that's not the point but we're just looking for things to be done properly here I can't believe
01:33
we've got to this point where they need my the access across my Dwarf Wall and nobody had contacted me
01:39
so either they were planning to just get on with it that's what they're saying they're going to do they're
01:43
just ignoring my rights they're planning to basically bulldoze through and actually put their access in
01:50
and just completely ignore my rights which is not acceptable
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