Neighbour prunned my trees without asking

[jamesuk28]

Simple really, My neighbour pruned back several of my trees without permission, we are not talking a bit of clipping, these are 60 foot trees and whole branches have been removed.

What is the law regarding cutting somebody elses trees back even if they hang over the boundary line? Do they need permission or not?

If they had asked the answer may have been OK no probs, even though they did not ask I am not going to make a big deal about it, at the end of they day its only a few trees.

But the major problem I have here is all the trees in question had TPO's on them, surely they should not be touched without the proper consent.

A tree doctor carried out the work FYI

[jamesuk28]

Well the branches have been cut up and taken away by the tree doctor, shame I could have done with those for my fire.

At the end of the day I am not one to cause a big deal about this, but I dont want the tossers at the local council jumping up and down on me because of the TPO's

[jamesuk28]

GingerWizard said:

if your trees where over hanging his land, he has the right to cut them back to the boundary by what ever means he deems appropriate. He has to by law offer the cuttings back to you though as it is your property. If you decline it then he is responsible for disposing of it. I am not sure how this effects trees with TPOs on. I take it we ar talking llandi?

GingerWizard

I was involved in tree surgery for a while.....



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Edited by GingerWizard on Wednesday 19th November 21:58

No, not "llandi", a mix of mainly Oak and Walnut

[jamesuk28]

Sheriff JWPepper said:

jamesuk28 said:

Simple really, My neighbour pruned back several of my trees without permission, we are not talking a bit of clipping, these are 60 foot trees and whole branches have been removed.

I guess you grew them over his fence without permission.

Not the point read my original post, here is a clue TPO

[jamesuk28]

selwonk said:

We checked with the council and could not cut back the overhanging branches from a tree just outside our boundary due to a TPO. It's entirely feasible that due to the TPO you can not trim back your *own* tree without permission

Thank you for that. That is my point, I dont really care if the trees were cut back (would have been nice to mention it first though) Its the TPO issue that is of concern. At the end of the day I am not going to want a fine from the fking Council, so do I drop the tree doctor in the st or not.

[jamesuk28]

Sheriff JWPepper said:

jamesuk28 said:

Sheriff JWPepper said:

jamesuk28 said:

Simple really, My neighbour pruned back several of my trees without permission, we are not talking a bit of clipping, these are 60 foot trees and whole branches have been removed.

I guess you grew them over his fence without permission.

Not the point read my original post, here is a clue TPO

I doubt a TPO means a tree must be allowed to grow unchecked.

Granted, but I bet in the small print it states permission must be obtained before touching it, or face an eleventy million pound fine.