Google Earth helps end planning row over decking

A HOMEOWNER has been embroiled in a legal row with his local council over the size of his garden decking, which was half a centimetre too high.

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Gareth William Leek, from Pontypool, finally won permission to retain his garden decking last month after he was contacted by the council and informed he should have submitted a planning application for the size of the decking in his back garden - years after he'd built it.