Hedges that encroach onto a footpath badly - Resporting it

[surveyor_101]

The Surveyor said:

Have you not approached the council yet? What have they done?

Approached council and logged fix my street.com. Somerset highways dealing with it.

Council said they will give Occupier 28 days and if not they will employ someone sometime after and bill them.

[The Surveyor]

surveyor_101 said:

The Surveyor said:

Have you not approached the council yet? What have they done?

Approached council and logged fix my street.com. Somerset highways dealing with it.

Council said they will give Occupier 28 days and if not they will employ someone sometime after and bill them.

All sorted then, good news.

[Old Merc]

I wish my council was as good as yours. I did the fix my street thing to Wokingham Council.After 3 weeks waiting they replied saying in their opinion no action is necessary ??? FFS


When its bin day the path is completely blocked.What do you have to do to get action from Wokingham Council?

[surveyor_101]

There not I have had to chase that, I had to report a tree down on a path in feb and asked then, they don't call or email me. They ignore fix my street and 30 th Jan and nothing has been done.

[Hugo a Gogo]

Dr Mike Oxgreen said:

Alucidnation said:

Looking at your picture, a conifer would never grow back if cut back to old wood.

This is true of many evergreen species, not just conifers. Whether the hedge in question will recover and grow green again from the brown wood depends very much on what species the hedge is. It could end up looking dreadful, permanently. That's not to say it shouldn't be cut back to the boundary, but it might be a distinct drawback of doing it.

Yews are conifers, and they will grow back (eventually)

[surveyor_101]

Just called Highways.

Apparently since the footway still has 1.2m of clear space they can't take enforcement action.

They have written to them and will do again asking for it to be cut.

Edited by surveyor_101 on Wednesday 12th April 13:57

[mcg_]

surveyor_101 said:

Just called Highways.

Apparently since the footway still has 1.2m of clear space they can't BE BOTHERED take enforcement action.

They have written to them and will do again asking for it to be cut.

Edited by surveyor_101 on Wednesday 12th April 13:57

Fixed that. They can, it's their highway. Classic County Council