'I'm being banned from parking in my own drive': Woman says she is willing to ... trends now

A woman being taken to court by the council for parking vehicles in her own drive has said she is willing to go to jail over the row.

Jenny Cummings has been ordered to move cars and a pick-up truck that her family uses to run a nearby vehicle recovery business after Newport County Council claimed they were operating the company from home.

The 44-year-old was first sent an enforcement notice in summer 2022 but family health issues meant she failed to respond in time.

Now the mother-of-two is set to appear in court this month and has branded the threat 'utterly ridiculous' and a waste of council tax payers' money.

Ms Cummings told MailOnline she would rather go to prison than comply.

'When we first moved three years ago we wanted to renovate and put an extension in,' she said. 'We had planning, health and safety officers out and it was all fine. 

'We had problems with our neighbours, who have reported us to the council.

'Now the council says they think we are running a business from our home, which is just not true. 

'They have no evidence of this and I hope the court will throw the notice out. 

'We have tried to explain to the council that we aren't running a business from our home and just park the vehicles here sometimes. Does a plumber not take his car home if he gets an emergency job?

'I'm going to fight this all the way and if that means I end up in jail, so be it.'

The mother said her husband David, 46, and son Kian, 21, 'occasionally' use the driveway outside the home they bought three years ago to park vehicles associated with the business they run nearby.

She said: 'Sometimes they might get a call after midnight to collect a vehicle and, if they get home at three in the morning, they'll come straight back here with the truck rather than drop it off at the unit because they need to get to bed.