Maverick council mowers 'butcher' private garden (From Your Local Guardian)

Cllr Tony Shields to the rescue again!

Unfortunately we do not get the Sutton guardian where we live In Park Hill Carshalton and I've only just come across Ms Ray's story, It seems that sutton council think they own my garden too, they also "butchered" my 28 Year grape Ivy, that was a memorial to my Step father, and also a nesting place for many birds. Unlike Ms Ray who had
G Burley landscape contractors "butchering" her garden, Sutton council sent Tarmacers with a chainsaw to butcher mine. The council state (Sutton guardian July 12th 2012) "Mrs Simpson's fence runs into unregistered land and it seems the contractor was slightly overzealous and did not realise where this land ended."Staff have visited Mrs Simpson to explain how this happened and to apologise for the mistake". Well for one, My garden is in Park hill and does not run into unregistered land it in fact joins an electrical substation which is in Banstead road, the "unregistered land" is further along Banstead road
and as far as I know still belongs to the man that owns the garages down there as well as other properties. As far as saying the contractor was SLIGHTLY overzealous cutting down my Grape ivy, well I don't think hacking 27ft X 6ft with a chainsaw could be called slightly! "Staff" did not explain how this had happened in fact Mr Daveis from the highways department didn't have any answer as to why Tarmacers were sent to do the work his only excuse was to say the Grape ivy was an encroachment but could not answer me when I pointed out that a salt box which is up against my fence is sticking out onto the pavement a lot further than my grape had done, then he said it might hit a poorly sighted person in the face, which is utter nonsense as the nature of the plant is to grown downwards and the tips of the plant are so soft they'd not hurt anyone, then he change his mind and said he had a complaint about the Grape Ivy from a councilor, I asked if anyone else had complained and he said no. I didn't receive a letter, a phone call or a knock on the door to say what they were going to do,it was only when I heard the chainsaw hitting my fence that I ran out to try and stop the Tarmacers, but unfortunately it was too late the damage had been done. I asked Mr Davies if he had a garden, and how would he feel if the same thing happened to him, he just shrugged and said,
"It's only a garden" unfortunately because they hacked through the main stems of the plant some of the Grape Ivy is dying on my side of the garden, I just hope there is enough live foliage left to grow over and cover up the unsightly mess the council have left me with. I find it unbelivable
that when I wanted to trim an over grown Yew tree in my front garden I had to call in the council for their permission and it was denied.I'm sure Ms Ray really appreciated her packet of seeds and her apology, but if we didn't have idiots working for the council things like this wouldn't happen in the first place.