Granddad says that a tall tree outside of his home gives him an hour of sun each day.

Doug Lewis can't see his disabled grandson because of the tree.

A granddad is going toe-to-toe with his local council over a towering tree that is blocking the light out of his home.

Doug Lewis, 69, says his house is shrouded in darkness each day because of the tree and it makes it hard for his disabled grandson to visit him.

Doug, from Cramlington, Northumberland, has lived at his Kendal Drive home for almost 40 years.

Back when he first moved in, the Ash tree was tiny - but now it is so large he gets just one hour of sunlight a day during the summer.

The leaves of the tree touch his bedroom window and basically act as blackout curtains for the pensioner.

Doug said: "The main issue is the tree canopy and the lack of light to the property.

"When I moved here it was a nice little tree but no one has maintained it over those 40 years so it has just been getting bigger and bigger and now it is just towering over the property.

"When you are in the house the branches are nearly touching the bedroom window.

"The tree's roots even managed to break through the tarmac.

"He gets just one hour of sunlight a day during the summer.

"There are no leaves on the tree at the moment but when it is in leaf we have about a one-hour window of sun.

"The sun comes around the house at about 12pm and we started to get a little bit of sunlight in the house but within an hour it goes back behind the tree.

"But his woes don't end there. His grandson uses a wheelchair and the fallen twigs and leaves make it a struggle for him to use the path."





A granddad is going toe-to-toe with his local council over a ‘towering’ tree that is blocking the light out of his home. Doug Lewis, 69, says his house is shrouded in darkness each day because of the tree and it makes it hard for his disabled grandson to visit him. Doug, from Cramlington, Northumberland, has lived at his Kendal Drive home for almost 40 years. Back when he first moved in, the Ash tree was tiny - but now it is so large he gets just one hour of sunlight a day during the summer. The leaves of the tree touch his bedroom window and basically act as blackout curtains for the pensioner. But his woes don't end there. His grandson uses a wheelchair and the fallen twigs and leaves make it a 'struggle' for him to use the path.



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