A woman is angry after she comes home to find an ugly 20ft wall above the garden

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Sharon Avril, the home’s owner, said she knew the development in Knutton, Staffordshire, would reach the northern edge of her home, but had no idea how tall the wall would be.

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The woman returns home to find a 20-foot high wall above the garden

A woman expressed her anger after returning home to discover that the builders had put a massive 20-foot-high concrete wall on the edge of her garden.

Sharon Avril was shocked when she discovered the “ugly” structure towering above her property – saying it was a “complete surprise”.

She said she knew the development in Naughton, Staffordshire, would reach the northern edge of her home, but had no idea how high the wall would be.

She now fears that it will devalue the home she has lived in for 30 years.

The developers told StokeOnTrent Live that they had offered a “contribution” to the cost of trees to hide the wall, but Ms Avril said that wasn’t good enough.

She said, “We knew there would be a house 30 feet from the edge of our property, but it was never said that there would be 20 feet of concrete holding everyone. We just came home one day and there I was.”

The developers said that the wall was built according to planning permission (

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Stoke Sentinel)

“They need the retaining wall because they will backfill the ground behind it, so this height will not appear from the other side. That means the savagery will be around forever now.

“We have spoken to the builders about the fact that we have never been notified of this, and they insist that there have been notifications brought in. But they say they understand why we are so angry about this.

‘We asked Tilia Homes or Kier Living or whatever they are called. They suggest we plant conifers in front of the retaining wall to hide it. They even said they would give us £200 to pay for the trees. But they said they would give us £200 to pay for the trees. We don’t want £200. We don’t want £2000. We don’t want that ugly here.”

More than 270 homes will be built on The Paddocks property.

Mrs. Avril says she wants to remove the wall (

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Stoke Sentinel)

Tilia Homes, formerly known as Kier Living, received planning permission for the housing development in 2018.

The land off Wilmot Drive has been set aside for new homes since 188 properties were demolished under the Renew North Staffordshire housing market renovation program more than a decade ago.

Ms. Avril says the land behind her home has always been green space and was not part of the former Wilmot Drive property.

She said she came home one day to discover the 20-foot-tall “sightly ugly” (

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Stoke Sentinel)

The Paddocks will consist of 75 two-bedroom, 136 three-bedroom and 65 four-bedroom homes, all for sale on the open market.

A Tilia Homes spokesperson said: “The retaining wall along the back of Weston Close was built in accordance with planning permission granted by Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council in 2018, and to an approved design. Details of this were publicly available at the time.

“We have been in contact with the residence in recent weeks and have made a contribution by planting trees to help hide the wall from her garden. We are happy to discuss this further and come up with a win-win solution.”

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