'Eyesore' lorry trailer in garden sparks complaints

One householder in Sheldon has sparked fury from locals after allowing a former Marks and Spencer articulated lorry trailer to park up on its drive.

City planning bosses are now taking legal action to get the trailer removed from the property in Brays Road.

The structure has double glazed doors at the front, prompting suspicions it has been used as a living space.

Hundreds of fed-up neighbours have complained about the trailer which they say hits you like a ‘smack in the face’ when you drive or walk past.

One neighbour said: “It is so big they blocked the road when they parked it in the dead of night. They had to rip the fence out.”

Another said: “It’s an eyesore, we’ve had to look at it there for months. It’s right on the island and drivers aren’t looking at the road when they go past.”

They said it had been there at least three months.

Cllr Paul Tilsley (Lib Dem, Sheldon) said:

A council planning department spokesman said the first complaint was filed in February. “Following an investigation by a senior enforcement officer, we wrote to the householder, requesting that the unauthorised container be removed within 28 days.

“Despite an extension to the deadline being granted at the request of the householder, the container has still not been removed. The council is now considering further action, which may include serving an enforcement notice."

The owner of the trailer Iftikhar Azam, 43, from Yardley Wood, said: