I read a story in your paper recently that surprised and angered me (‘Council reverses resident’s unlawful work to driveway’, Borehamwood & Elstree Times, May 9).

For a start, the drive was never concreted over and was actually going to be grassed and have water permeable plastic, which is used by the council to allow cars to park on grass verges, put down. But this was not started as a request for a dropped kerb was denied on the grounds of visibility and the visual impact on the green belt.

However, an independent survey states that visibility is satisfactory. Black Lion Hill is a long straight road without cars parked on it. There is better visibility than on most roads in Borehamwood.

As for the green belt, since the request for a dropped kerb was repeatedly refused a block of flats with a concrete car park has been built a little further down Black Lion Hill. There is obviously one rule for builders and one for individual homeowners.

Other houses on Black Lion Hill have dropped kerbs and drives so the reason why this one was so diligently refused is unclear to me. My understanding is that the judicial review did not happen or if it did the homeowner was not present.

The reason a request was made is because of my limited mobility. I can now rarely visit my grandchildren. The council stated that cars should be parked at the rear of the property, but I am unable to walk the long distance of the garden, also with small children why should a family have to walk to the back street to get to their car in all weathers when there is room for the car by their front door?

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