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Thursday 27 Jun 2013 3:39 AM

Written byBY LUCY ROSS-MILLAR

Parish councillors were on hand to help firefighters at the scene of a blaze in which two garden sheds were completely destroyed.

Two crews from Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service and Royston Fire Service were called to Beeton Close in Melbourn at 12.45pm on Monday.

A spokesman for Royston Fire Station said: Two sheds were affected, they were completely burnt through.

There was also damage to some personal property, including a gas barbecue, and the fence for three properties was destroyed.

We were at the scene for around an hour and a half.

Cllr Jose Hales, district councillor for Melbourn, Heydon and The Chishills, parish councillor for Melbourn and a former firefighter in London, said he was in the area when he saw the blaze and went over to assist.

He said: I saw the fire at the back of the community car park so went over to the site where the villages new community hub is being built and asked for some metal to secure the broken fence for the house holders.

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A government inspector will next week visit a village allotment where gardeners have been banned from having potting sheds.

The official trip to Plum Pudding Allotments, near Rugeley, is expected to finally settle the row between farmer Paul Boston, owner of the site, and district council officers who say the sheds need planning permission.

The plot holders are adamant that the sheds are essential for storing their tools and other equipment and are backing Mr Boston who is optimistic about the outcome.

He and Lichfield District Council enforcement officer Christine Hibbs are due to meet the government planning inspector at the Armitage with Handsacre site on Tuesday. Mr Boston said:

We will know one way or another very soon now.

Ive been down and cut the hedge and the bank, and all but five of the sheds have been painted green, so everything is looking good.

Ive put up rails and planted fir trees to block the view of the allotments from neighbours. Weve only had one letter of objection from a resident compared to 400 signatures on a petition and 30 letters in support of keeping the site kept as it is, sheds and all.

Im looking forward to the end of this saga and only hope that good sense will prevail.

Growers were told 20 months ago that they needed permission for their sheds because they are in the green belt. The site is also next to the Trent & Mersey Canal conservation area.

Mr Boston was warned that if he failed to obtain approval, an enforcement notice would be issued by the council. He has ignored the document and appealed directly to the planning inspectorate in Bristol. The 66-year-old argues that a neighbouring allotment site, owned by Rugeley power station, has sheds and that he should not be treated any differently.

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When a tree crashed on their metal storage shed in 2012, Gary and Beverly Scheuring knew they were going to go to wood for a replacement.

Never had a second thought, Gary Scheuring says, standing in the larger of two sheds that he built in weekend projects at his Shaler home.

He says using wood instead of metal creates a better look, causes easier construction that is a little more forgiving and leads to a product that is more customized on the inside as far as shelves and storage areas go.

In an age when backyard storage sheds are a common home for tools, mowers, snow blowers and a variety of household items, pre-built metal sheds and synthetic kits are popular options. But wood tends to emerge as the favorite from makers, sellers and users.

Steve Opresko, a professional-use associate at the East Liberty Home Depot outlet, says the best possible wooden shed would be a self-designed, self-built one that is basically a deck with a small room built on top of it. They would be strong, with support posts in cement-filled bases and engineered or over-engineered so well that the homeowner/builder would know how to replace or repair any part if necessary, Opresko says.

More commonly used wooden sheds come in kits, sometimes with vinyl siding, that can be put up with no architectural design effort. Costs vary, from $598 for basic ones or $4,000 for more involved units.

Sheds can get even bigger and more costly, says Mike Zook from AZ Structures in Indiana County. His shed-making company's biggest unit is basically a 28- by 36-foot barn and costs $13,999.

Jeffrey Kokowski, an outdoor associate at the Lowe's site in McCandless, says some basic sheds even can be cheaper. Lowe's handles a 3- by 5-foot unit for $297 and is basically a garbage shed.

Units at Lowe's can top $5,000 some of them having ramps or cupolas he says.

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By Leon Watson

PUBLISHED: 03:14 EST, 23 June 2013 | UPDATED: 05:18 EST, 23 June 2013

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In a bid to track them down, it has spent 24,000 on flights to build up a precise 3D map of every building in the Berkshire town.

The plane, mounted with thermal-imaging equipment, was tasked with picking up any heat emitted from outbuildings, a sign that people could be living in them illegally.

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