OK, I believe there is a policy for BIG hedges with your neighbors.. am I right?

Problem is my neighbor is Sunderland City Council who ride rough shod over everything we have... I'm sure the situation is the same all over..

Anyway I have a bunch of tree's that hang over my garden and they are getting on my t*ts


They are 6 metres high as there is a drop of 2 metres over my garden (coldists) wall and are full of pigeons and grey squirrels that are more obtrusive than the trees.



I've hacked away at them for the last few years but I cannot overcome the height the buggers are getting.

Whats me best option, the local councilor, 3 doors away cannot give a flying hoot, even though he lambasts me for tipping grass cuttings over the wall. I lambast him back with "mind your your own you nosy bas tard"

Am I entitled to go out there and fell them?? What should I do.

PS: I'm trying to buy the bit to store a couple hundred cars on

I thank ya,
Steve

You are allows to cut any part of the trees that over hang your land, so long as you give them the cuttings. I don't think you have any right to light, though I could be wrong.

I've vote out your local councillor.

TBH honest steve there probs little you can do. Im sure you can tril branches that overhang your property and chuck the cutting back over the wall, but as for root cause countermeasure then you probs cant hack them down.

I have heard drilling into the centre and filling with diesel can halt their growth - but id hate them to wilt and drop on your house.

Can you hack a few feet off the tops every year in the dead of night?

Ive also heard Earthquakes are good for getting rid of weak structures and vegetation!

If they were leylandii you'd be able to do something about them.

LINKY

Neil

You don't suffer from hay fever do you, you maybe suffering from silver birch tree pollen allergy instead, maybe able to use this allergy to get the council to do something about them. Google it to find out more, they are silver birch arn't they?

This allergy starts in April and last for about a month or so.

Cheers

Rich

I don't think you can fell them BUT, you are entitled to cut anythng your side of the wall even the roots, so this is what i would (and has been done before) dig down destroy the roots on your side of the wall and park a car there if you can, then wait for the wind and nature to do the rest, hey presto no trees and an insurance pay out.

Have you spoken officially to the council about it? We also have a boundary with our council. Perhaps a slightly different situation, but a few years back a tree on their side got so big it started to brush against the gable-end of our house. They came and cut it all back without argument. Could your house or any other part of your property be damaged should a tree fall? Do you have kids playing in the garden who could be injured by flying debris when it gets windy?
Perhaps a politely worded letter to them is in order, listing your concerns? If your concerns are on record, it may be more difficult to ignore.

yep
play the health and safety card
polite cleverly worded letter implying that
remuneration will be sought from them or there insurers (tree roots underming wall causing cracking likely to fall on small child etc.etc.)(ask for name of insurers say wish to make them aware of the iminent danger/liability) will normally make sombody,s arse twitch
always write a letter and keep a copy
and add cc. to file at end councils normally have to reply to letters
cheers les g

[Edited on 1/6/08 by les g]