‘The man with a forest in his garden: Fed-up resident demand action over neighbour’s 35ft leylandii cypress trees’
Civil engineer David Alvand has sparked fury among his Plymouth neighbours after allowing his three-bedroom semi to become an giant eyesore, with 35ft high leylandii trees covering his home in permanent darkness, reports the Daily Mail this morning.
Alvand allowed the trees to reach higher than the roof of his house after losing a long legal battle to enclose his property with a wall. Now irate neighbours have decided to lodge a formal complaint about his garden under the Anti-Social Behaviour Act.
Plymouth City Council has said that an investigation is under way, though Alvand claims he is being ‘victimised’, stating that his neighbours ‘have a vendetta against me’. ‘I am a law-abiding citizen and I have suffered for 20 years being chased over my walls and trees. It’s my land.’
