A couple have been ordered to tear down a home gym they built on their own driveway - after neighbours complained it would mean one of their cars would have to be parked on the street.
Paul Willis, 42, and Emma Woodley, 43, from Basingstoke, had the building - thought to be worth tens of thousands of pounds - put up in one of two parking spaces which came with the house they bought last year.
But neighbours on the new estate were not happy and argued it meant one of the couple's cars would have to be parked out in the street.
The couple argued that they do not park on the street and instead use nearby unallocated spaces, adding that they would lose substantial income if made to tear down the building, where Mr Willis carries out personal training sessions with clients.
Councillors have now denied their retrospective application voicing concerns it would 'set a precedent' and that if other residents did the same, there may be 'no other parking spaces' left on the smart estate they've moved into.
