Garden Law Discussion

You can cut back the overhang but you have no right to put the cuttings onto his land without his permission.

If he doesn't want them back, or even doesn't mention them then YOU must dispose of them.

It brings up the question of who owns the exit point. If the gate is actually the neighbour's then they are free to leave it open if they wish as it is not on your land.

On a tablet the one add at the top of the page takes half the screen in portrait and the full screen in landscape

I use a tablet and now half my screen is filled with adverts. It's gone beyond a joke.
I also get full page ads.
What's the plan? Drive users away?

With only 2 evergreens in amongst 12 trees altogether, high hedge law isn't a starter

Leylandii are a nightmare. Make sure those are not allowed to exceed permitted height. Just keep alerting the council if they do.

What is the permitted height? I wasn't aware that there was one.

Is this his only access to his rear garage? If so, how did this come about?

It seems to suffer from Google advertisis quite badly as well.

What evidence are the HA providing to back up their assertion?

Considering the age of the wall I would consider that to be the boundary line in the garden regardless of what your fence builder THINKS.

Waterton Lane and your diagram are enough information to find it using Google.

You would leave the path because, according to your plans, it is a public footpath for the use of all, not just the houses along that road. Whether it is quicker using the main road is immaterial. Check the width of the public footpath on the definitive maps and that's the amount you need to leave. ...

we can uniquely identify upwards of 15 other cats that we've seen in his garden - we have two.

Blimey. No wonder that he is so anti-cat. As you are the nearest cat owner that he knows then you become the target.

It does seem unfair though that we now face a considerable bill for fencing, I wouldn't be at all surprised if that was the neighbours plan all along, leave it looking a total eyesore to force our hand? Why can't people just be considerate to their neighbours, the world would be a better place woul...

There appears to be rules re: drainage for front gardens to create driveways but I don't see anything about shed bases at the back of the house

It sounds like you are starting to clutch at straws