A family have been left furious after their neighbour was granted permission for an extension.
Bryan and Sylvia Stanley are concerned about safety issues and are suffering sleepless nights following the decision made by Fareham Borough Council.
Permission had been granted for a single story extension, including a shower, to be built in front of the three bedroom end of terrace house in Clifton Mews, Wallington, Fareham.
The extension will be built on the patch of green area, with the applicant saying it is needed for their growing family.
The row has broken out over the space at Clifton Mews, Wallington, Fareham
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However, the family are concerned there is no provision for lighting to be installed to make it safe to walk around the extension to get to the rear of her house to bring out the bins.
The committee heard that the extension will cause a health and safety issue as access will become an alleyway, to the rear of the house with no lighting.
Objections by Clifton Mews neighbours were represented at the meeting by Liberal Democrat Councillor Katrina Trott who said the extension takes away the only bit of green in the courtyard which helps with excess surface water.
Councillor Trott said it is causing distress to the elderly, over 70-year-old neighbours.
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Fareham Borough Council have granted permission for the extension
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Following a meeting that approved the application, the family were left devastated.
Sylvia said: "I am so upset, I’m fuming. It’s a 'carbuncle'. We had a little piece of green and you’re saying the environment doesn’t matter. I’m angry."
Bryan Stanley, 80 added: "This is a disgusting state."
The elderly couple have been told by councillors that the lighting is a civil matter. Sylvia said: "We are pensioners and don’t have the money to pay for a solicitor or for lighting."
She said she fears if her husband, who is in the early stages of dementia, falls in the dark, he may not be seen.
The family said their next step is to talk to Citizens Advice as they can’t afford to move.