Off Topic When is a hedge not a hedge?

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There's a radio 4 comedy show called It's a Fair Cop by Alfie Moore, who was a Humberdside Police Officer for 18 years before taking up stand-up. One of the recent episodes was called Hedgerow Hedge Row all about neighbour disputes. The core story is about exactly your problem.

One of the funniest anecdotes is about a guy who calls the police after being bitten on the penis by a neighbours dog. When questioned about how this happens he has to admit he was pissing through their letterbox.....:emoticon-0102-bigsm
 
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Stockholm Tiger said:
There's a radio 4 comedy show called It's a Fair Cop by Alfie Moore, who was a Humberdside Police Officer for 18 years before taking up stand-up. One of the recent episodes was called Hedgerow Hedge Row all about neighbour disputes. The core story is about exactly your problem.

One of the funniest anecdotes is about a guy who calls the police after being bitten on the penis by a neighbours dog. When questioned about how this happens he has to admit he was pissing through their letterbox.....:emoticon-0102-bigsm
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Seen him live a few times
Funny and a nice bloke
Went with Askew last time, but took the ladies so it all got a bit messy

...good night though
 
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zobbit said:
….When it's a tree!

I have a 20 foot wall of conifers backing onto my garden which effectively blocks out the light to an area of my garden. I have tried to get the neighbour to reduce the size of his conifers with the offer of cash. He refused to do so. I petitioned ERYCC to issue an order under the 'High Hedges' legislation and duly paid £384 which is the council's costs. Despite knowing that 4 properties at the rear of his house were pxxxed off with his trees and to escape the imposition of an order by the council, my neighbour has simply cut a gap between the trees which had grown into each other thereby forming a hedge. By cutting the gaps the hedge became a line of individual trees and therefore not subject to the high hedges legislation.

This is a loophole in the legislation which I believe should be closed. It won't help me but it might help others in the future. I have submitted on on-line petition to Parliament and would be grateful if the Tiger Nation would consider supporting it. Follow the following link:

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/229241
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Yeah
Sorry about that Zobbit
If you’d have offered more than a fiver I might have got rid of them ;)

By the way. 2 pages with no jokes about neatly trimmed bushes...well played everyone
 
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I had a similar issue a few years ago, but it was conifers at the back of my garage that sucked all the moisture out of the ground and the garage nearly collapsed.

The people in the house behind wouldn't cut them down, but luckily they moved and the new people were much more accommodating and agree to have them removed them. It cost me £1000 excess on my insurance to have the garage rebuilt, but at least it solved the problem.
 
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