Garden centre boss takes drastic action after 16-year council land row

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Garden centre boss takes drastic action after 16-year council land row.

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A Devon business owner has taken drastic action after what he describes as years without receiving any financial offer for his property amid a council-run land overhaul.Tony Joyner, owner of Plants Galore near Newton Abbot, erected two large signs on land subject to a compulsory purchase order in an act of protest.He said he had been "incredibly patient", but felt the signs represented his sole means of making his voice heard.The dispute centres on a portion of Mr Joyner's land required by Devon County Council for its major A382 road improvement scheme.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say "It feels like nobody is treating it as urgent as it doesn't stop their plans," Mr Joyner said, "my only way of protesting is to put the signs up."He maintains he has "never received a financial offer" for the land, and Devon County Council declined to comment on the matter.The origins of this dispute stretch back some 16 years to 2010, when Mr Joyner had just obtained planning permission for a...

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