walnut tree
tina laxton
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Hi all I posted a thread about my laylandi the other day about cutting them down which we have now done, but would you believe the neighbor on the other side of the fence is up in arms because he wanted them to stay for his privacy although he never contributed to their upkeep.he has now started to moan about our walnut tree which was at the end of the line of laylandi saying it is to big and cuts out his light (what?) it was quite large when we both moved in about the same time but now he wants it cut down we are quite willing to stop the tree growing any higher its about 45ft now or even reducing its height but how would we go about doing it ourselves as we dont think we could afford a tree surgeon.we are unwilling to get rid of it altogether as I like it. all opinions welcome
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thanks for the advise pansy we did sort of mention listing but he knew it wasn't. now the leylandi have gone we can see where he has broken some small branches that over hung his garden not cut but broken off. now we can see the tree in all its glory because a lot of it was hidden by the laylandi we can see he is moaning for the sake of it because we removed the laylandi. so we will just cut out the the branches he broke in June thanks for your reply..
Yes, go on, get a TPO. A 45ft walnut is a good tree.
I have what I think is some good news to you. The Right to light act only applies to hedges or two or more trees planted together. Since you only have one tree they cant cite this act. I have recently been looking at UK property and this came up a couple of times. Seems odd to think that you have just cut down a the hedges and now he starts to winge.
I think if it was me I would just tell him feel free for the nuts that fall in his garden.
one odd plant that does not apply to the high hedge act is bamboo. Just a fact of the day.
Don't let the neighbors bully. Hope you enjoy your tree
Also just a quick note for future reference. The high hedge and right to light act supersede the TPO's the neighbor would have to affect their light or their view has become worse. (Which will be hard if you’re just improved both of these by cutting down the laylandi)
The 'right to light' thing is a bit of a myth, so don't be bullied into something without getting the correct info Tina.
Nicky - I think Tina has removed the leylandii rather than just cutting back - so that's what mr nitpicker next door has the hump about!
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Tina, my friend removed a row of huge Leylandii from the end of her very small garden. Her neighbour had a fit and had the hump for quite a while but is OK now. My friend but a row of trellis on top of her fence and grew clematis across, looks much prettier now and her garden looks so much bigger.