Dawn Hickling has built a fence on the same spot as her old picket fence that had been there since 1983, but the council is not happy. A New Plymouth woman has taken offence at the treatment she's received from the district council over her fence. Baring Tce resident Dawn Hickling replaced a picket fence that had been front of the home she owns since 1983 with a taller version in May last year. However, the move resulted in two complaints being laid with the New Plymouth District Council and Hickling was told she needed to move the fence back about one metre as it intruded on to public land. When the owner replaced a low picket fence with a high solid fence (encroachment) which made it difficult for pedestrians, pushchairs and mobility scooters to move along the narrow footpath, resulting in us receiving two complaints last year.

Source: Stuff February 09, 2021 18:56 UTC