A woman whose garden is overlooked by neighbouring children playing on a slide has been allowed to erect a trellis on top of her fence. 

But for Geraldine Roberts, who lives at Mawkin Green in Bradwell, the problem has not gone away - and she is now appealing against a decision to restrict the permission to a period of three years. 

In a letter to the planning inspectorate, the 71-year-old said the time limit is "unreasonable" as she has "no control over the slide" and "how long it would remain or whether it might be replaced with some other item of play equipment of equal or greater height".

According to planning documents, the dispute began in April last year when Ms Roberts put up the trellis as she felt she was being "disturbed, overlooked and suffering from a loss of privacy" from her neighbours to the rear of her garden.

She applied to Great Yarmouth Borough Council last June to retain the trellis that had been erected on top of the existing two-metre high fence.

Planners approved the application but said a period of three years "should be sufficient to allow both neighbours to continue enjoy the benefits of their gardens whilst the slide is in use".

The neighbours have objected to the trellis which they called "an eyesore" which "obstruct[s] the view of our children who are only playing in their garden".

They said their children were "looking at planes flying by, not being rude or naughty".

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In her appeal letter, Ms Roberts said she put the trellis up after explaining to her neighbour the problems she was having with his children "invading" her privacy.

"He refused to move the slide away from my fence, but agreed that I could install the trellis on top of my fence," she said. 

The whole process has been "time-consuming, detrimental to my health and wellbeing all to gain privacy in my own home", she added.