A woman has been barred from a housing association office after emptying bags of rubbish on its floor.

Rosemary Welsh says she is at the end of her tether because of litter on land next to her home.

She bought the property two years ago and says she has been plagued by rubbish ever since.

Now she wants to buy the land from housing association Worthing Homes.

To make her point she has twice dumped rubbish inside the association's offices in Chapel Road, Worthing.

Mrs Welsh, 37, who lives with husband Roger, 42, in The Quadrant, Worthing, said: "The only reason I bought the house was to have a front garden.

"But the piece of land next to the garden always has so much rubbish.

"It is not only drink cans and crisp packets but there has also been rubbish like an office chair.

"I have phoned Worthing Homes, called into the office and pick up the rubbish whenever I can.

"I have even offered to buy the land but they still don't clear it up regularly.

"So I have started dropping bags of rubbish in the office. The staff just say 'Can I take that off you?'."

She said the problem centred on a tree where youngsters gathered and played.

"There is no longer any grass by the tree - there is just this big mud patch.

"In the winter, it is like a mud slide and in the summer I can't have my windows open because lots of dust makes the curtains dirty.

"All Worthing Homes needs to do is put up a fence around the tree and clear up the rubbish regularly. What if I ever wanted to sell my home?

"No one would want it. I have epilepsy and the stress of all this is doing me no good."

Worthing Homes operations director Jeff Sharp said: "We arrange for weekly litter collection and it is not viable to enclose the tree.

"Mrs Welsh wishes to purchase the piece of land in our ownership. We are not prepared to sell it to her but she is unable to accept this.

"She has persistently telephoned our office and caused a disturbance at our office.

"Now she has called at our office twice, on April 16 and 22, and deposited the contents of two sacks of rubbish over the floor of our reception area.

"Whatever complaints she has, we don't feel this is appropriate behaviour. She has previously been warned. Regrettably, we have now had to bar her from our office.

"We have advised her we will not deal with her any longer. We have passed on the matter to our solicitor and if she wants to communicate with us, she can do so through them."