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
Don't ever, ever top conifers (pine, spruce, fir, etc.) or you'll end up with very sad trees! He bought the house knowing your trees were there and you have no obligation whatsoever to cut them down! You can be a very good neighbour without going to that extent, and I doubt very strongly that 14 or even 40' high would be regulated in any sort of by-law.
I agree of course, I,m in England but am not sure about the way the law applies in this case ?? Hopefully it wont come to this but if it does I would just like to know where I stand...Does anyone know ??
