In message , Kay Easton
writes
In article , Chris French and Helen
Johnson writes

The intended law isn't actually banning higher hedges. The intention is
for higher hedges to need planning permission. In the same way as high
fences need planning permission.

Does that apply to new higher hedges or existing ones?

No idea, i'm just going on what I have read in papers, websites etc.
(and of course the bill hasn't even been introduced yet - let alone made
it's way through parliament)

presumably an existing one should be OK, just as we don't start worrying
about breaches of planning regs by builders of earlier generations.

That is they way it has been approached, but I can see an argument for
not applying this to hedges. However in that case I assume that it would
need someone to complain about a hedge first anyway.
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Chris French and Helen Johnson, Leeds
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