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Party hedges
What happens where a hedge is jointly owned but your neighbour does not maintain their side of it? Can you complain to the Council under this legislation?
You can only complain to the Council about a hedge that is on land owned or occupied by someone else. In this example, the land where the hedge is growing is jointly owned by the person who would be making the complaint so you can't use the high hedges legislation to solve your problems. Depending on the terms of the party agreement, both neighbours might be entitled to cut the whole of the hedge - both sides and top.
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- Limits of the legislation
- Pre-complaint advice
- Hedge owner's perspective
- Council as hedge owner
- Overhanging branches
- Fees
- Public registers
- Protected Trees
- Planning conditions
- Hedge height and light loss
- Loss of view
- Remedial works
- Enforcement
- Extending the legislation to other trees and hedges
- Alternative legislative remedies
- Hedges and planning
- Further information
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