Izzy Lepone 10 September 2025

Council decides gorilla statue must go

Council decides gorilla statue must go image
Wakefield County Hall. © Alastair Wallace / Shutterstock.com.

Wakefield Council has instructed a resident to take down a 4ft gorilla statue outside her property.

The council issued an enforcement notice for the removal of the statue that resident Adele Teale positioned at the front of her home last year.

In the notice, the council described the statue as an ‘obtrusive feature on the residential street’.

The warning also stated the feature’s ‘harm to the green belt’ and its ‘negative effect on the areas landscape’.

Joe Jenkinson, Wakefield Council’s Service Director for Planning, Transportation and Strategic Highways, said that the statue is ‘not a minor decorative feature’.

He added: ‘It’s also out of character with the surrounding area. So, it requires planning permission.’

Ms Teale has appealed the notice, claiming that the gorilla, which she has named Caesar, is a garden ornament, and remains a popular attraction for members of the local community, according to The Telegraph.

Mr Jenkinson said: ‘As an appeal has already been made, the notice has not taken effect and will only do so if the appeal is dismissed’.

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