A member of the family that owns the land has asked for permission to put up a new 1m high ‘timber post and rail’ enclosure around a parcel of woodland north of Pednor Road. The erection of the current 1.2m high fence around the small section of private land put the landowners at loggerheads with local residents, who were previously able to walk through this part of the woods.
The fence was put up without planning permission and Buckinghamshire Council slapped landowner Syed Ahmed with an enforcement notice in July 2021, ordering him to take it down. However, he missed the November 2022 deadline, and in May of this year, the council said that the failure to remove the fence amounted to a ‘criminal offence’. READ MORE: Chesham and Amersham election guide: We asked all candidates the same 10 questions The new planning application to replace the fence, submitted to the council this week, alludes to the failure to adhere to planning rules.
A section of it reads: “The current landowner did not comprehend the covenants and policies relating to the land and permitted development when installing the fences.” The application also defends the landowners’ sectioning off of their land due to the ‘trespass and vandalism’ which has ‘plagued the site’ over the past few years. It reads: “Boundary fencing was erected for two reasons: To ensure the pubic were not exposed to safety risks, whilst the fencing was to provide adequate and appropriate secure enclosures for li.