Council orders removal of homeowner's security gate

A homeowner in Rhondda Cynon Taf has been ordered by the council to remove a security gate as it is blocking access to a forestry.

Put up in February, the gate sparked an outcry from locals calling for public access to Cwmparc Forest in Treorchy but the homeowners said the gates were for their safety.

More than 4,000 people signed a petition for the gate to be removed, with "no to the gate" posters and stickers seen in home and shop windows across the town.

The council has now issued a legal order for the gate's removal but hopes to work with the property owners to remove them without enforcement.