the annoying thing is that all there is between us and the road is grass and 5 trees. they submitted plans to take out 2 trees and put in 10 parking spaces. they would have still been about 8m away but a 10m cable would have done the job and only 1m would have crossed a public footpath so a simple gully could have been installed.
after a year on the planning website it suddenly disappeared. all they have done this year is bleat about how much it costs to cut the grass.