Grandmother Jean Harris won’t sell a strip of her Herefordshire garden, and the dispute could delay a £45m bypass as the council pursues compulsory purchase powers

A small strip of garden in rural Herefordshire has become an unexpected obstacle in the path of a £45 million road project, with grandmother Jean Harris refusing to sell land required for the first phase of the Hereford bypass and insisting that the council has not made a convincing case for spending local taxpayers’ money on the scheme. Harris, who lives between Clehonger and Belmont, says the northern end of her garden lies directly in the planned route, leaving officials facing the sort of land dispute that can complicate even the most advanced infrastructure project as the council works towards beginning construction by December.

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