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How tall can a garden hedge be in the UK and can I make my neighbour cut theirs down?

How tall can a garden hedge be in the UK and can I make my neighbour cut theirs down?

Ask a lawyer: the long-shot solutions to a property in the shade

A group of people submitted a planning application to have their neighbours trees cut down.

Adrian Paul Stairs, 59, must not enter Blisworth, Northamptonshire, until the year 2037 or risk being sent to prison after he made his next door neighbours lives a misery for years in a row.

Val Horton (pictured) from Somerset claims that the view of Solsbury Hill from her house has been destroyed thanks to an awful 50ft tall forest planted by one of her neighbours in 2001.

Dr David Watts said his familys lives were being made a misery by the 15 cypress leylandii owned by James Henderson, 68, in the upmarket town of Bridge of Allan in Stirlingshire, Scotland.

John claims that the hedge causing him problems is even bigger, at an estimated 40ft. John says the patio hardly ever sees any sunlight But he says the local authority has turned a blind eye to his concerns – and the former lorry driver is now demanding action be taken. Aberdeenshire Council, however, maintains that John did not follow the correct process for taking forward a complaint about the matter. ‘You stole the sun from my yard’ The exasperated villager said: “I did everything th...

Share A letter she sent to the council said: “I must admit I am starting to feel a little bit ‘bullied’. “If you had seen my house when I moved in, the garden other than the lawn had never been maintained, we have stripped and removed numerous bushes, hedges and trees over the years, painted fences etc to ensure our property is well maintained.” In her original application to the council for a high hedge notice to be granted, Miss Easton said: “The hedge is severely impacting light ...