We moved into a house 3 years ago with a huge common oak at the bottom of the garden, probably 75ft +
We found out that busy body neighbours had requested a TPO while the house was empty (owner deceased and probate lengthy).
My question is, the tree stands on a 10ft long piece of land at the end of the garden which is held under separate title deed at land registry and wasn't sold to us with the house & garden. I only found out when searching on Land Registry myself 6 months after purchase as they had my name wrong.
We have a fence at the end of our garden now.
Can the Council/Neighbours MAKE us take responsibility for the tree even though we don't have title? At present there is nothing wrong with it - other than it is huge and blocks light to most of 6 gardens! It was inspected by the tree officer 3 years ago and was found to be healthy.