Bullying' farmer builds 30ft wall of hay and parks row of dirty trailers at back of villagers' £500,000 homes

Wealthy villagers have accused a 'bullying and intimidating' farmer of dumping 30ft high hay bales outside their properties in retaliation for his planning application being refused.  

Homeowners in Ockbrook, Derbyshire, claim Richard Burton left 30 tons of hay on trailers in a field adjacent to several £500,000 detached properties.

They believe they were 'put there deliberately' after his planning application to run a waste processing site was rejected.

Resident Peter Shaw, 55, said the bales were stacked behind his house last Thursday.

Mr Shaw, who works in the motoring trade, moved into the home in 2004 with his wife Helen, 50.

He fears the bales are a potential fire risk and is urging Mr Barton, 44, to remove them.

He said: 'The farmer won't speak to you, I have tried. He's just a bully. I truly believe it is just something we are going to have to live with now.

'I have contact everyone and anyone that I possibly can and nothing seems to getting done about it.

'It feels as though there is one rule for one person and another rule for others. It's an eyesore - I'm not sure they are even stored correctly.

'He's put 30 tonnes on a trailer. First, the lorries came and they were full of hay bales and he put them in place one by one. So we've got three in a row.

'More and more bales were put on top - there might be a row of seven or eight - I'm not entirely sure now. You can see it from the road, you can see it from the footbridge.

'It's about ten meters from my home - if they were to fall then they would destroy my garden.





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