Town & Country orders removal of 20-foot fence in Penal

The TCPD further warned Devika Bhimull-Bisnath that she could be fined for failing to remove the fence, which is 100 feet long and which was constructed without planning permission.

The unusually high fence shot into the limelight last month when the affected neighbour, Santie Bhimull, filed a High Court injunction in the San Fernando High Court against neighbours, Devika Bhimull-Bisnath and Davindra Bisnath, seeking to have them break the fence.

The fence separates their respective properties and Bhimull, 58, contended that the unusually tall fence deprives her the right to enjoying sunlight and airspace.

She also complained that the fence prevents air from blowing into her home. This, she said, had caused her to faint one day.

Bhimull stated that sometime ago, a building inspector from the Town and Country Planning Division visited her premises and then proceeded to warn the neighbour, by letter dated December 2, that there is a height restriction of seven feet in constructing a fence.

The TCPD’s letter invites Bhimull-Bisnath to make an application before she constructs a wall of such height.