Residents of the Cotswolds villiage of Selsley say Gloucestershire County Council promised to rebuild the 150m wall which needed repair.
Residents say Gloucestershire County Council promised to rebuild 150m wallVillagers are furious after a penny pinching council replaced a historic dry stone wall with a wooden fence in a bid to save money.
‹ Slide me › Stroud District Councillor Steve Hynd and resident Marisa Godfrey have written to the authority to express the villagers’ concerns 'We weren't even given those options as a possibility, people probably would have rallied together and actually done something.' Cllr Hynd added: 'My main issue is the lack of communication with the local community, who I know are furious about this.Ms Godfrey says that villagers are furious at the council - who they believe have torn down a part of their culture'I think something that has such tangible aesthetic change to a historic Cotswold village kind of should be consulted on by the community.'
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