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Old 01-08-2006, 10:40 PM posted to rec.gardens
Carl 1 Lucky Texan Carl 1 Lucky Texan is offline
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Default Regulations on Conifer height ..Can anyone advise please ?

chaz wrote:
"Simmo" wrote in message
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Hi all,

I,m seeking advice concerning the height of my conifers, A guy has just
moved into a house at the end of my garden and has asked me if I will
crop my trees to a more reasonable height, I am more than willing to do
so but don,t want to lose the privacy that I currently enjoy, The trees
are maybe 13ft - 14ft high at the moment and I could take them to maybe
9ft without too much problem, I am just wondering if the guy is within
his rights to force me to taking them to the 2 metre point by law if he
is not happy with the height I lower them to ? The trees are maybe 35
feet from his house and only 2 of them are across the end of his
garden, his garden is open at both sides and so my trees are not
preventing any natural light. The only complaint I can see him having
is that he doesn,t get as much sunshine in the afternoon but thats
'sunshine' and not 'natural light'. He seems to be a decent enough guy
so hopefully there will be no problem but I just need to know where I
stand just in case..

Thanks very much

Dave




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Simmo



Get him to a dr......dont trim the trees, they are on your property, you cut
them once and he will want more. He obviously needs a life. There are no
laws on the height of a tree.

IM SORRY SIR, WE HAVE TO ARREST YOU, YOUR GRASS IS THE WRONG SHADE OF GREEN.
AND THOSE TREES CAN GET YOU "THE CHAIR" IN THIS NECK OF THE WOODS.........NO
PUN INTENDED.




Well, it does appear he is in the UK which may very well have cities or
counties with tree height ordinances, something which is likely quite
rare in the States - though I would not be surprised to know that an HOA
has some rules on that somewhere, as opposed to a city or county law.

Hopefully some fellow brits will reply.

Carl


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