Neighbouring site

Ask for 50 grand and see what they say.

I don't see why you don't try and help them out, these people have lived beside you for 20 years and caused you no bother and now they want to move on. There is a bloloccks at the head of our road the same as your self wouldn't give an inch to council and someone is going to get wiped out there someday, he waiting on a payday himself, he won't live to see it half starved miserable no good to there comunity fucck.

Why are you doing the work?

I think you should go back to them and say no problem doing what they want done but they have to cover the cost. No way you should pay for this - it's their problem. By the sounds of it the tree and ditch is not causing a problem for you or anyone else.

It's pretty cheeky that they appear to think you should just bear the cost and inconvenience of this.

Yes didn't realise they expected the OP to carry out the work, you can tell them to work away and cut up tree in to nice sized logs for your stove and a a couple of nice bottles of whiskey when you can sit down and have a hot one beside the stove and watch all your troubles disappear.

You cut it down now based on a planning requirement and the onus will be on you to maintain it at that height from here on out.

Looks more like its creating some work for engineers and there buddies, 4 inches off the top of a ditch like what difference is that going to make, a lot of snouts in the pie that is the 500 K

Without more info I'd say a tree blocking sightlines is the real issue. And likely the 4 inches is actually more plus all vegetation.

Neighbour has not complied with conditions of planning.

May not have a cert of compliance. Went to local engineer for one. He comes out for visual inspection and cannot sign. It's a blatent contravention.

No sale without cert......

We had an issue here with something recently and it was 70m clear view the council wanted

What fncking use is lowering a ditch 4 inches? That is a load of balls.

TBH - I'd probably agree to it - with the caveat that they pay for a contractor of your approval to undertake the work (under your supervision). Don't be away gallivanting when the work is being done. You could pay for the contractor to do it yourself, but would you get recompensed by them - after all they are moving away?

I would agree, use the contractor of your choice with the agreement that they pay the full costs. I wouldn’t look to gain from the work though.

Agree on asking for engineer's opinion and report on exactly what needs to be done, in writing. Your contractor, confirm insurance, they pay. Otherwise co-operate, don't make an issue of it.

No way I'd be cutting down trees.

We're losing far too many as it is.

This^^ plus ensure its a proper stock proof fence. Not a bit of post and rail, or a couple of rows of barbed wire or a row of electric. Stock proof to keep in all classes of farm animals.

I’d have to agree. Just get the agreement in writing to avoid any hassle down the line and tell them work away and cut the tree and ditch. No point getting worked up over simple things.

I be the same myself but some lads would worry they were being done in that scenario.

I’d a neighbour rang me about this time last year and he was after getting a new internet dish up. There was a tree in one of my field ditches blocking the line of sight for it. About 2 hours after that phone call the two of us had the tree knocked and he had perfect internet reception. We had to let it fall onto a 3 strand barbed wire fence belonging to me. It was a big enough tree so 3 or 4 stakes got broke and the wire was flattened. He offered to repair the fence and cut up the tree for firewood for me but I said there was no need, I’d look after it myself.

A few weeks back I had an electric wire break, and my cattle got out. They ended up down beside that same neighbours house and when scratching off his post and rail fence broke one of the rails and got in on his lawn. Only weanlings so no damage done to his lawn or anything but his wife and 2 kids put my cattle back in the field and rang me just to let me know for fear they’d get out on the road. I apologised and was told not to worry about it at all so long as they were safe from the road was the main thing.

What goes around comes around and I’m sure if I refused to knock the tree for them things may not have been as simple when my cattle got out.