Really Tall Trees Obstructing The View

[Ronnijade]

Who do we contact to trim down the trees along the bottom of our garden/neighbouring gardens? Not cut down completely, just trim a few metres off the top. They?re SOOOO tall they obstruct a lot of the sun and our view across London. :(

[Peckhampam]

I'm not sure if you are serious or not. But if you are.....a tree surgeon?

[KidKruger]

The owner of the trees.

[first mate]

Whatever is growing in a neighbour?s garden cannot be touched without their permission, unless it is overhanging into your garden in which case you are allowed to trim back to the boundary but legally must offer them back what you have cut.

If the tree is a protected species you cannot touch it and if your neighbour agrees you will require the services of a tree surgeon. If not protected then you need to negotiate with your neighbour.

There are maximum heights for hedges and so on but again these kinds of boundary issue can get heated. A lot will depend on your neighbours and how sympathetic they are.

[holloway]

That must be one of the most contentious laws on the statute books; cutting back your neighbour's overhanging branches and then chucking them back for someone else to pick up.

[ianr]

I suspect there may be no statute law provision concerning overhanging trees. Whether statute or common law, it doesn't really matter here anyway: the OP is about "high hedges" and the blocking of light. About that, you could start at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/high-hedges-complaining-to-the-council/high-hedges-complaining-to-the-council and then, if relevant, see what Southwark's website has to say.

[KidKruger]

Sorry ianr, I must have missed something - the OP appears to be talking about taking a few metres off top of tall trees, no ?!

[Renata Hamvas]

Hi Ronnijade,

sorry your post is not very clear.Whose property are they on? If they are in your garden then you need to find a tree surgeon for advice/quote. If in a neighbouring property, than the owner of the land. They may be not interested in doing s crown/height reduction of the trees. Do they undermine the structure of your or neighbouring homes? If they are very old trees they may have a protection order on them. You should be able to establish who the owner is via the Land Registry.

[KidKruger]

I've got a chainsaw you can borrow.

[Ronnijade]

Hi all. I didn?t mean to offend anyone lol, and certainly wasn?t insinuating that I was going to cut down neighbours trees and chuck them over their fence...

Sorry if my post wasn?t clear. We have trees at the bottom of OUR garden that definitely need trimming down. Looks like we?ll have to contact a tree surgeon as you all have pointed out. Thanks for the helpful comments. :)

[Spartacus]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> I've got a chainsaw you can borrow.

Is it from Texas ?

Is there going to be Claret spilled good and proper ?

[KidKruger]

Wow, that's spooky !!

How did you know ?!

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[Spartacus]

KidKruger Wrote:

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I saw you buying a human skin face mask in Farmers which I assumed was for Covid till I put 2 and 2 together 😱

[KidKruger]

very shrewd bro !