![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/were-prisoners-after-neighbour-installed-gates-and-blocked-us-from-driving-out/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hp-comp-wimb.jpg&description=RESIDENTS of a block of flats have told how they feel like prisoners in their own homes after a neighbour installed barbed wire gates. Locals in Mill Lane in Wimborne, Dorset, claim they have been blocked from driving out of their homes at night after the barrier was installed on a footpath outside their block of flats. Residents in Mill Lane say a neighbour has blocked them into their homes after erecting a barbed wire fenceCredit: Graham Hunt/BNPS Mike Burnside, 84, next to one of the gates with barbed wire on the topCredit: Graham Hunt/BNPS A neighbour has put up Mill Lane private property signsCredit: Graham Hunt/BNPS Locals say they feel like they're living 'in a prison'Credit: Graham Hunt/BNPS It is owned by a private estate which has permitted right of way access to the path as a 'goodwill gesture' for years - allowing anyone to come and go. But a row has erupted after 'private property' signs were put up along with iron gates topped with barbed wire. The gates are locked in the evenings, meaning residents in the flats in Millbank House cannot leave in their cars at night. Now the local residents are submitting evidence of Mill Lane being used as a right of way for decades to a national planning inspector. Mike Burnside, 84, resident of Millbank House: "It's all been done by our neighbour who is the estate manager. He has obstructed our access in and out of our little estate. "He has put barbed wire on top of some of the gates to stop people coming in and out. It's like a prison. "Those of us that aren't very mobile can't get out on an evening unless he wants us to. "It's disgraceful what he has done. "If we want to get to the nearby car park, which happens a lot because there aren't many spaces here, we have to walk all the way around the streets rather than using the 30 second cut through outside his shop. "We never know when he is going to have the gates open or shut. "He uses our fire door for quick access sometimes and we don't make a fuss about it. "It'){kind=link}
RESIDENTS of a block of flats have told how they feel like prisoners in their own homes after a neighbour installed barbed wire gates.
Locals in Mill Lane in Wimborne, Dorset, claim they have been blocked from driving out of their homes at night after the barrier was installed on a footpath outside their block of flats.
It is owned by a private estate which has permitted right of way access to the path as a “goodwill gesture” for years – allowing anyone to come and go.
But a row has erupted after “private property” signs were put up along with iron gates topped with barbed wire.
The gates are locked in the evenings, meaning residents in the flats in Millbank House cannot leave in their cars at night.