Residents on a quiet cul-de-sac say their lives are being ruined by out-of-control landlords making a mockery of planning laws.

In the last six months, one landlord's plan for a 'gym' in the garden has resulted in a family, minus a proper address, moving into a studio flat.

And now his neighbour is building a two-storey structure having told the local Council that he was after single-storey garages.

'It is just getting ridiculous,' said Jay Hussain, an auditor, who is leading the residents fightback against Walsall Council.

'This has always been a quiet street, now the turning circle at the end of the road is so full of rubble and cars that the bin lorries can't turn round.'