Neighbors complaining about trees overhanging their garden.

alanbb

Hi folks, I hope this is the right place for this!

My mother-in-law has a row of trees in her garden and her next door neighbor is complaining that the trees are growing too tall.
Are there any height restrictions on trees?
The trees are on my MIL's side of the boundary fence.

IT Loser

alanbb wrote: »

Hi folks, I hope this is the right place for this!

My mother-in-law has a row of trees in her garden and her next door neighbor is complaining that the trees are growing too tall.
Are there any height restrictions on trees?
The trees are on my MIL's side of the boundary fence.

Chop off the offending part and throw it back.

I dont know about height restrictions but definitely if there is a part overhanging you can chop it and throw it back.

alanbb

IT Loser wrote: »

Chop off the offending part and throw it back.

I dont know about height restrictions but definitely if there is a part overhanging you can chop it and throw it back.

Sorry. The trees are in my MIL's back garden, they are not overhanging into her own garden .
Neighbors problem seems to be with the height of the trees, although as far as I know there is no restriction.

alanbb

IT Loser wrote: »

Chop off the offending part and throw it back.

I dont know about height restrictions but definitely if there is a part overhanging you can chop it and throw it back.

The trees are in my MIL's back garden. The neighbor seems to have more of a problem with their height. But I don't know of any restrictions.

karlog

She probably thinks the trees are going to come crashing down on her house. I really dont think theres a law saying how high you can grow your trees. Unless the thing is overhanging in her garden theres nothing she can do about it.

the_syco

IIRC, the neighbour can chop off the overhanging part of the tree, and throw it back into the MIL's garden. Otherwise, if (with the high winds) the tree may be a risk to nearby structures, it may be chopped down, but I doubt it.

Shorepatrol

As I understand it, there is no specific legislation regarding the height of trees, but your MIL's neighbour may be legitimately concerned about right to light or the possibility of structural damage to their property due to root spread.

Barring your reducing the height of the trees volunterily, neighbours options would really be confined to a civil action for nuisance where he/she would have to prove that the trees have grown so much that they have seriously reduced previous levels of light or that the roots pose a threat to the structural stability of their building.

macy9

In Simpson v Weber a Virginia creeper growing onto neighbouring property was deemed a trespass.