Neighbour complaint to council forces man out of his home after front garden turned into huge rubbish dump
A neighbour complaint to his local council has ousted a man from his home after his front garden turned into a rubbish dump.
Steven Glover, 31, is not permitted to live or even visit his hazardous home after the council applied for an official closure order.
If he dares to enter his semi-detached home in Stafford, he could be arrested, the Daily Mail has been told.
While the council clears out the massive piles of rubbish, Glover might have to pay the full fee of conducting such work into his front garden.
As it stands, part of the rubbish has been removed by contractors but the process was paused due to a rat infestation.
After workmen had laid traps and were sure that the rats had been killed, the local authority was able to continue its mammoth job.
Residents have suggested that Glover and his older brother Jason – who does not live at the property but runs a waste company – had dumped all the rubbish at the site.
However, the brothers have denied the residents’ claims.
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The siblings had left festering mounds of debris scattered on the front drive, including bits of rubble, mattresses, sofas, fridges, wooden panels, carpets, washing machines and black bin bags. As a result, they have been shamed globally online.
After seeing the state of the garden, the postman would not deliver post over fears for his own safety.
Stafford Borough Council decided to take legal action after several local residents filed complaints and was later granted a closure order on November 8 at Cannock Magistrates’ Court.
After the 31-year-old would not cooperate with the council over previous notices in June, a council issued a statement which reads: “The notice is necessary to prevent the nuisance or disorder from continuing, recurring or occurring.”
The council announced that it would “remove all waste items from the frontage and clear the area completely.”
It added: “The council is entitled to recover the costs of the works in full. You will be provided with an invoice detailing the cost.”
Neighbour Linda Matthews, whose semi-detached house is joined next-door said: “Steve reluctantly packed all his stuff up last Friday night and has gone now.
“He feels really deflated because he’s got nowhere to go so has gone back home to his mum.”
“I am disgusted by what I see from my house day in, day out. It is a b****y eyesore and, until now, no one has been doing anything about it,” Matthews told the Mail.