Council has lost the plot over a vegetable patch

THIS week’s winner of the ‘You couldn’t make it up’ prize for bureaucratic obstinance goes to South Kesteven District Council. It issued Lee and Kirstie Lawes with a £500 ‘change of use’ charge after they turned their garden into a veg patch during lockdown. A friend once got a letter threatening a fine unless she removed some wind chimes from her garden. Apparently they breached noise pollution guidelines. It wouldn’t be so bad if you thought the money might go towards something useful, like services for the elderly, but you just know it’ll end up paying for another sodding cycle lane.