Man forced to move fence on his own land after council says it’s too ‘overbearing’

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A man who fenced off a section of land to increase the size of his garden has had an appeal against a decision to refuse planning permission dismissed. Applicant Giles Savage had appealed to the planning inspectorate after Chichester District Council refused to grant retrospective planning permission to incorporate amenity land into the rear garden of his property on Gloucester Way. // A homeowner says he has lost thousands of pounds after a council rejected his plan to increase the size of his garden by eight metres - even though he owns the land. Giles Savage, 36, shifted his property line closer to a public footpath outside his ??635,000 home on the East Broyle estate in Chichester, West Sussex in August 2025. But, despite owning the land brought inside the fence line, Chichester District Council (CDC) ordered him to rip it down - saying it eroded the "open, spacious and verdant character" of the housing estate.
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