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Property Boundary - Roadside

Patrickof · 2007-04-25 10:22:25

In the case of a rural property, adjoining the road with a hedge as the front boundary. Where does an owners ownership end? i.e. at the hedge, or at the edge of the tarmac'd surface with the road? I know the title documents give ownership to the middle of the road but isn't this more of a legal thing than a practical…

25-04-2007 11:22AM

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Patrickof

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In the case of a rural property, adjoining the road with a hedge as the front boundary.

Where does an owners ownership end? i.e. at the hedge, or at the edge of the tarmac'd surface with the road?

I know the title documents give ownership to the middle of the road but isn't this more of a legal thing than a practical thing.

For example, were we to tidy up the bit of ground outside our front hedge and convert it to a neat lawntype surface, are we entitled to protect that bit of space (it's about 1m wide) with the likes of rocks etc to stop cars using the verge to squeeze by each other.

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