They are using this land to build a residential complex consisting of 34 new homes. But Ms Arnold says she has kept the land as a concession for almost 20 years. He said workers “were not going to stop” as they erected the fence this week. He told YorkshireLive: “We were at loggerheads [about the land] since last year. READ MORE: The cancer patient was “torn” after paying £ 1,000 in a manicured garden They say it’s theirs, but it’s not in their plans and they do not seem to be using it. They warned me they were going [put the fence up]. “I said they could not because we disagreed [about the ownership] but they decided that the land was theirs. They said they had sent me a letter but I had never seen it. “They will not even share these letters with my lawyers, so I can only believe that they do not exist. They actually said they had sent it to my lawyer, but I did not even have a lawyer at the time. “It simply came to our notice then. The man who handed it over photographed himself uploading it to our door. It was dated April. “My view would be that because the land is in dispute, then they should not be there to concretize huge spaces in my gardens. My greenhouse is on one side and I on the other. The fence that has divided a garden into a dispute over who owns the land. (Image: LDRS) “This is a bully-boy tactic, and it is out of order. I am thinking of an injunction.” A Camstead Homes spokesman said: “The company has legal ownership of this land. It has erected a fence around its property to secure it, pending its development. It would not be appropriate to comment further on this private material.” Counselor John Taylor said he was “amazed” when he saw the fence and suggested the dispute should be settled by legal means. He said: “I’m shocked by the way the developer behaved. This is clearly a legal dispute over the boundaries to be settled through the courts and not by building a fence in the middle of one’s garden. “As this goes through the courts, I would expect the developer to behave appropriately, as he is ultimately his neighbor.” The Kirklees Council approved the plan in question for the construction of up to 34 houses on the site in May 2020. The decision to approve the plan was taken by the executive council established during the lockdown as its committees could not to meet. NEWSLETTER: Sign up for email notifications from StokeonTrentLive directly to your inbox