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“It still boils down to ‘why me?’” “It s everybody complies, or everybody pays the encroachment fee, or you leave us be.”
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The fence next door reaches as far out as Hickling s. New Plymouth District Council is currently working its way through 600 unauthorised encroachments across the district. In a statement, council transport manager Rui Leitao said many encroachments have long and complicated histories. “We work hard to find amicable solutions, as was the case with Baring Tce. “We’ve been talking with the owner for months to try and find an amicable solution. “It’s an issue because it intrudes on public land and we’ve had complaints about it.