Council busybodies tell homeowner his flowerpots are ILLEGAL after he put them outside to 'brighten up his street'

A council has told a local homeowner his flowerpots are illegal - but he says he only put them outside to brighten up his street. Peter Langdon, 57, had set down some containers filled with primroses, alliums and tulips on the pavement next to his home in Hamble, on the south coast. But the council told him that his floral display constituted an unlawful obstruction under the Highways Act 1980. His Grade II listed home is hundreds of years old - and Mr Langdon said the flowerpots were needed to

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Council busybodies tell homeowner his flowerpots are ILLEGAL after he put them outside to 'brighten up his street'

A council has told a local homeowner his flowerpots are illegal - but he says he only put them outside to brighten up his street. Peter Langdon, 57, had set down some containers filled with primroses, alliums and tulips on the pavement next to his home in Hamble, on the south coast. But the council told him that his floral display constituted an unlawful obstruction under the Highways Act 1980. His Grade II listed home is hundreds of years old - and Mr Langdon said the flowerpots were needed to

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