All light to garden blocked by a tree

[anonymous-user]

ring a few Arborists for a price for trimming the tree.
Speak with the owner explain the situation and offer to pay to get it fixed. O.K it will cost you money, but sounds easier than the other nefarious options listed here.

[longshot]

I assume evergreen means conifer.

I'd be highly surprised to find an urban garden conifer to have a TPO on it. ( unless someone historic once pissed on it)

[PorkInsider]

treehack said:

Just 1 will do, just needs to be a fractionally larger diameter than what you're hammering it into.

Very good. Deserved a little credit, I think.

[Who me ?]

You could ask local council for help. problem is that whilst it's illegal to have a light blocking tree(s)( especially conifers over a certain height), some will help ,initially without charge ,and getting them involved might be a wakeup call - others charge to help out.

[JMGS4]

Nimby said:

JMGS4 said:

... rocquefort cheese (live virus!) ...

Bacteria, not virus. And I doubt that one evolved to ferment milk would survive long in a tree. If you want a biological approach, maybe honey-fungus?
Ring barking should work. Not sure how deep you need to go, or how to make it unnoticeable.

Lots of sites say the copper nails thing is a myth.

Thanks Nimby for the correction (bacteria), saw it just after I'd posted but couldn't be bothered to change it!

[stewjohnst]

I inadvertently killed one of my neighbour's Leylandii with tap water because a disused pipe running off my supply had corroded.

It's not the cheapest solution, it was followed by a call from Yorkshire Water to discuss my £6500 water bill and whether they thought I might have a leak

They wrote it off at least but it's still cost me the price of a new tree for my neighbour.

[Red Devil]

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Elysium said:

High hedges are covered by anti social behavior laws and there are routes of compliant via the local council:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...

But it's not a hedge, its a tree in the second parties garden. What are the rules on that ?

If you had looked you would have found the answer.

link said:

6. Can I complain to the Council about individual trees?
No. Follow the steps in the leaflet ‘Over the garden hedge’ to try to settle your dispute.

[anonymous-user]

As others have said, by far the simplest starting point is to offer to get it trimmed or cut down professionally, at your expense.

If they won't agree to that then you are probably going to have a hard time full stop.

Regarding TPOs, while it's unlikely to have a TPO on it, if you're in a conservation area, then you (or rather he) would probably still need to seek permission.

[TooMany2cvs]

longshot said:

I'd be highly surprised to find an urban garden conifer to have a TPO on it. ( unless someone historic once pissed on it)

Unless you're in an area where everything over a certain size has a TPO by default.

[longshot]

TooMany2cvs said:

longshot said:

I'd be highly surprised to find an urban garden conifer to have a TPO on it. ( unless someone historic once pissed on it)

Unless you're in an area where everything over a certain size has a TPO by default.

..or several other reasons for that matter, nevertheless, I'd be highly surprised.

[wiggy001]

pinchmeimdreamin said:

Elysium said:

High hedges are covered by anti social behavior laws and there are routes of compliant via the local council:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploa...

But it's not a hedge, its a tree in the second parties garden. What are the rules on that ?

On that basis OP, plant a second evergreen next to the first one. Et Voila! 1 hedge to complain about.