Trees Only Allowed Go 30ft High?

mikefoxo

The neighbours neighbours have these pine trees around their house - I'd say most of them are over 60ft high. They look pretty rubbish from everyone's POV but whenever they're asked to cut them back it just never happens. The mother said she saw an article in The Times a while back where trees could only be allowed go to 30ft in height (I presume in a residential setting). Is she right? Is there some sort of law about this?

tomwaterford

Even if there is..the likely hood of it being enforced is low


If there not affecting you...what is the harm??
Any bits overhanging your garden/lawn just cut??

Base price

Link maybe of interest -
http://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/how-can-i-get-my-neighbour-to-cut-his-leylandii-hedge-1.2244089

Sam Kade

If they are pine trees that height they could easily fall in a storm and damage the house.

Base price

A battery drill, syringe and roundup springs to mind :eek:

farawaygrass

You would need planning to build a 10ft wall yet you can let them trees grow to full maturity. Totally totally unfair and some sort if legislation needs to brought in. They should need planning just to be planted full stop, them leylandiis and poplars(wrong spelling). It is one thing that maddens me so much

Miname

Base price wrote: »

A battery drill, syringe and roundup springs to mind :eek:

A neighbour has done that to us on an old ash tree that doesn't even interfere with him. It's a lousy act, if it can't be done the decent way don't go back-handed about it.

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Miname wrote: »

A neighbour has done that to us on an old ash tree that doesn't even interfere with him. It's a lousy act, if it can't be done the decent way don't go back-handed about it.

Not trying to be smart but how do you know that was the cause, could be Chalara fungus considering it is an Ash tree.
Over the last 8 years, I've lost a lovely boundary (in my garden ) of hedging and semi mature trees due to honey fungus in the soil. I own all the land bordering the garden.
Myself and my eldest brother have had a problem with a neighbours overgrown leylandi type hedge that bounds one of my late Uncle's/Grandparents fields. Unfortunately due to my late Uncle's long term illness prior to his demise, he was not on hand to ensure that the neighbour kept the growth in check. Within 3 or 4 years the hedge grew out of control so much so that it even began to block the afternoon/evening sun coming into my Grandparents/Uncles house.
We asked the neighbour to get the trees trimmed and he refused as he said it would cost at least €2700 and could we share the cost.
TBH my brother wanted to share the cost which I did not agree with as prior to my Uncle's illness the neighbour was well able to keep the trees trimmed.
I sorted the problem myself and the neighbour has since replanted the hedge with quicks which is more suitable to the location.

Miname

The fungus didn't drill holes in the tree.

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Miname wrote: »

The fungus didn't drill holes in the tree.

I didn't drill holes in the neighbours trees.
To be honest, I think that it is very unusual that your neighbour took it upon him/herself to go to the effort to drill holes in your mature Ash tree, syringe weedkiller into the holes in order to kill it, considering that you say it didn't even interfere with them

Birdnuts

mikefoxo wrote: »

Is she right? Is there some sort of law about this?

No - but Leylandii are a hatefull alien species that should never be planted let alone get to 60ft.

djmc

There isn't much bothering ye what happened to live and let live
At 60 feet those pine trees could be there with 100 years and might have a job getting a felling license to cut them
Using roundup on mature trees is illegal and criminal damage if they belong to someone else . you could find yourself in a lot of trouble following that advise

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djmc wrote: »

There isn't much bothering ye what happened to live and let live
At 60 feet those pine trees could be there with 100 years and might have a job getting a felling license to cut them
Using roundup on mature trees is illegal and criminal damage if they belong to someone else . you could find yourself in a lot of trouble following that advise

I stand corrected but I thought that a person is entitled to deal with overhanging growth onto their property - as long as they offer the cut/dead branches/trees back to the owner.

slimjimmc

Base price wrote: »

I stand corrected but I thought that a person is entitled to deal with overhanging growth onto their property - as long as they offer the cut/dead branches/trees back to the owner.

You are entitled to cut back overhanging growth up to your boundary so long as it doesn't injure the rest of the tree or render it a danger, and you offer to return the cuttings. You have no right to prune a protected tree.

http://treecouncil.ie/tree-advice/trees-law/