‘I’ve been ordered to repaint my blue house after just one person complained’

Mary Kenny has reluctantly started repainting her home in a conservation area in Deal after being sent an enforcement notice by the council (Picture: Barry Goodwin/Cover Media)

A pensioner says she has been singled out by her local council after they ordered her to repaint her blue home after just one complaint.

Mary Kenny, from Deal, Kent, spent more than £3,000 repainting her house,a ‘lovely’ cobalt shade in 2023.

But Dover District Council (DDC) has now ordered the 82-year-old to redecorate the property in white or pale cream as its appearance is ‘unsympathetic’ to the conservation area in which she lives.

Mrs Kenny says Deal is home to many colourful properties – including another bright blue pub just a few doors down and that many of her neighbours have complimented the hue of her home.

She has been given six months to comply with the notice, and has now reluctant...