What an eyesore! Homeowner's fury after giant car workshop erected in 'touching distance' of his garden

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Residents of Surdington in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, claim to have been robbed to sunlight and their views by the giant 'oil tanker-like' corrugated metal shed.

Published: 15:31 GMT, 15 November 2026 | Updated: 15:41 GMT, 15 November 2026

Outrage has broken out among homeowners who were plunged into darkness after a huge car workshop was built in 'touching distance' of gardens without proper planning permission.

Residents of Surdington in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, claim to have been robbed of sunlight and their views by the giant 'oil tanker-like' corrugated metal shed.

Some now have sleepless nights, kept up by the noisy flags hanging from the building, flapping in the wind.

Business owner Peter Davidson, 61, applied to redevelop his workshop for his business, Shire Cars, which included extending the building back in 2022.

But after the structure was built, neighbours complained the eyesore now looms over their gardens and has left them 'imprisoned in the dark'.

Homeowner Mark Welsh's garden now looks as though it's been boxed in by dark 7.1-metre-tall grey metal walls.

The 55-year-old revealed how the 'absurdly large' 33-metre-long workshop was built so close to the boundary of his garden he can now reach over his fence and touch it.

He said the 'oppressive shoebox' which overlooks the back garden has 'permanently ruined' his family bungalow and living in the gloom is 'depressing.'

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