Briton hires round-the-clock security guards to protect wall at centre of bitter planning row

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A homeowner in Gloucestershire is spending £4,500 each month on round-the-clock security guards to protect a small wall from being destroyed.Roger White claims his father built the wall, which stands at just two bricks tall, on land he owns.He fears developer Lioncourt Homes will knock it down as part of a housing scheme.The wall sits on what the developer's approved planning application designated as emergency access to a new estate in Hempsted."I've taken steps to protect my dwarf wall by having security company Glevum Security keeping around the clock watch on the wall to make sure they don't just demolish it," Mr White said.He says he holds land registry documentation and a 1974 memo confirming the wall was never adopted as part of the highway to back him up.Security personnel have been stationed at the site for two months, with Mr White indicating the guards may even stay for several more."If somebody showed me a piece of paper that said I was in the wrong, then I would accept...

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