Getting help from the council
The Anti-social Behaviour Act enables the council to judge if the reasonable enjoyment of your property is being adversely affected by the height of a high hedge. In most cases this will be where a hedge is causing a loss of light to your property.
The council can become involved if:
- you are the current owner or occupier of a domestic property
- the hedge is semi-evergreen or evergreen
- concern about the hedge relates to its height
- the hedge is more than two metres high when measured from the ground
- your attempts to find a solution with your neighbour have failed
The council cannot:
- become involved if your concern is about subsidence or other matters not related to the hedge's height
- ask for the hedge to be removed altogether
- insist that the hedge is cut down below two metres
- grant you with powers to cut your neighbour's hedge