Residents of this retirement housing complex have been ordered to remove their 1ft picket fence, much to their fury (Picture: Newsquest/SWNS) Residents in their 80s are threatening to chain themselves to their 1ft picket fence after being ordered to remove it by the council. The knee-high fencing surrounds a communal garden of 31 flats at the retirement housing complex Helgate Court in Norwich, Norfolk. The properties are mobility aid and wheelchair adapted and have a Careline alarm service. Julian Philips, 80, erected it to add some character to the space and to prevent cars from driving over the flower garden. While doing so, he painstakingly dug up the existing ‘mud field’ to lay down grass and plant new flowers, which took two weeks. Now, however, he and other residents have been left