Excellent advice kase.
I recently was asked by a client to inspect his hedge as it looked droopy.
It turned out that the neighbour had sprayed it with agricultural gramoxone
(paraquat based) I had two days with my skin prickly and my eyes swollen
shut.( i was unaware of the fresh chemical on the plants and walked among
them unprotected)

My client almost started ww3 over it but I got him to chat with the
neighbour. My client hadn't realised that the hedge blocked the flight path
to a pigeon loft and the neighbour didn't think my client would reduce the
hedge. Now they know what each other wants they have reached a compromise
and the hedge will be kept to a suitable height.

It pays to communicate.

www.arghamvillage.co.uk

Kase wrote in message
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"Richard" wrote in message
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Hi,

My neighbour to the rear of my garden has leylandii frowing. These block
out
the sunlight in my garden from just after midday.

Has anyone got any legal tips or persuading them to trim them down a few
metres?

Many thanks,

Richard


Have you tried just asking them? Quite often a neighbour will be unaware
of
the upset that is going on around them because people don't say anything.
Explain that the trees have now gotten so tall that they are 'blocking out
your light', 'killing your plants', 'stopping you using the garden' - just
plain facts. Don't go at it with the belief that they have 'done this to
you' as this could just start conflict.