http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-43277247
Councillor Paul Smith, cabinet member for housing, said she was "completely within her rights to refuse" the offer.
"She is a council tenant, it is council-owned land, but the rules are such that the council can't take away part of somebody's tenancy without their agreement," he said.
"If we can't use that strip of garden then we'll have to work with the existing access."
Translation:
' She is 97. We won't have to wait long before we get that strip of land anyway. We can wait...'