They thought they were being good citizens. But when this couple cleared weeds and rubbish from outside their house, the council issued a stern warning – telling them to put it all back.
Samantha Hamilton and Colin Freeman spent months getting rid of dead plants, broken bottles and scrap metal from the verge next to their home in the village of Mytchett, Surrey, after moving in last April.
So they were baffled by a solicitor’s letter telling them to return it to its former state or face legal action.
Samantha Hamilton and Colin Freeman cleared a piece of land outside their home but have been ordered to

Samantha Hamilton and Colin Freeman cleared a piece of land outside their home but have been ordered to "put it back how they found it" by Surrey County Council
Surrey County Council said part of the verge is owned by the highway authority, which means residents are barred from tending to it.
The couple, both civilian workers in the Ministry of Defence, have even been told to pay £78 for a ‘retrospective licence’ to carry out the work.
Miss Hamilton, 31, said: ‘When we moved in, it looked like a wasteland. It was so overgrown that one neighbour didn’t even realise there was a house there.
Naturally, Surrey County Council is awarded its very own LoonyTunesWatch Coconut!
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