By Amie Gordon For Mailonline
Published: 13:05 GMT, 18 January 2019 | Updated: 14:20 GMT, 18 January 2019
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A couple embroiled in a bitter planning row have erected huge banners with their neighbours' faces on them.
Courtney, 65, and Fiona Lytton, 60, have been left furious after a converted barn and a cottage overlooking their home were given planning permission to build verandas.
The couple claim they have been 'robbed of their privacy' and their 'lives have been ruined' because residents using the balconies can now see into their garden in Penzance, Cornwall.
In retaliation, the pair took photos of their neighbours looking out the window and blew the images up on 10ft banners alongside the words 'privacy banner'.
Courtney, 65, and Fiona Lytton, 60, holding their privacy banner aloft in their garden in Penzance, Cornwall
Mrs Lytton said: 'I wanted to show them what it was like to have them looking'
The row began in 2015 when the Lytton's first objected to plans for an extension that were submitted to Cornwall Council.
But permission was granted and new extensions have since been built to the houses on either side of the Lytton's house.
The couple, who have two children, say they regularly entertain their two grandchildren in the garden but can no longer enjoy the view across St Michael's Mount.
Mrs Lytton, a professional gardener trained by the Royal Horticultural Society, claims their lives have been 'completely ruined'.
She added: 'It's now impossible to enjoy the garden because it's like being in a goldfish bowl.
'There's nowhere in our garden to have a cup of coffee without being watched. We created the privacy banners so we
