Club Arnage
Club Arnage => General Discussion => Topic started by: DelBoy on May 28, 2010, 08:17:40 pm
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Will take this offline, but it's about neighbours' trees/bushes overhanging my property.
Please pm me if you can help.
Del
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Will take this offline, but it's about neighbours' trees/bushes overhanging my property.
Please pm me if you can help.
Del
Del,
Basically you need to ask them to trim/lop thier tree/bush. If they refuse, give in writing that you will undertake the work with an estimate from a tree surgeon. If no action, as Peter says, trim/lop and cuttings returner to owner.
Check out cases involving Lalandii trees.
Leftie
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or just poison the tree assuming that it's not anything special, plead ignorance, and let them think they didn't water it properly :)
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If you're touching trees please be certain that they are not covered by a Tree Preservation Order [TPO].
Fines can be up to £20,000 per tree, especially if unauthorised work results in death of a tree.
Your local Council will have records, some records are available online via the Council's website, which is usually www.[name of council].gov.uk
But as everyone else has stated you do have a right to cut overhanging bushes/trees.
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Thanks for the responses chaps.
The item in question is not a tree, but a bush (conifer) about 5' tall that overhangs the driveway by about 2' - but a good warning there Landman.
And Brad, not a bad suggestion - I'll just Milo (one of my Labs) to p1ss on it a few times. He has certainly killed the grass around the washing line :P :P
Del
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I should perhaps expand a little.
In addition to individual trees & ornamental bushes/shrubs, there are also "group" TPO's, which may cover a small collection of trees. Then there are also "Area" TPO's that can cover a large area, or even a whole suburb of a town.
So it's always well worth checking as ignorance is never a robust defense.
Paul / Landman
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or just poison the tree assuming that it's not anything special, plead ignorance, and let them think they didn't water it properly :)
Cup of old engine oil from the last oil change should do the job ;)
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A carelessly discarded pint of diesel!
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Copper nails