Neighbourhood disputes

One of my neighbours has a cherry tree which in the last 3 years has grown, in laymans terms, massive.

It affects myself, and 2 other neighbours, by blocking sunlight for large portions of the day (mainly summer)

I, and another neighbour, did mention this to neighbour a year or so ago, but nowt happened.

Now, with all the blossom and leaves off the trees it seems an opportune time to cut this bastard down to size.

However, I've called round the last 2 weekends but no body is answering the door. The cars there, and I'm pretty sure they haven't died, so whats my next step?

Try and have a chat with them, or can I simply ping an email to the Council and they'll sort things? (AS IF!)

Whats my legal footing here pls?

Any advice appreciated?

Posted By: MIKEWALKER on February 2nd 2015 at 16:21:41

Message Thread

Neighbourhood disputes (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:21:41
- In law, adjoining gardens do not have a right to light, but.... (General Chat) - Kirrie, Feb 2, 17:03:08
  - Sodium Chlorate is banned in the EU (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 2, 17:09:06
    - Thats mainly because its a well known ingedient for home made explosive! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Feb 2, 17:20:04
      - or maybe not so well known........ (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Feb 2, 17:32:07
        
        Not only that it's toxic to humans as well. Nasty stuff. (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 2, 17:36:16
    - Maybe, but I still have some, for just this type of eventuality! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Feb 2, 17:17:14
    - Nasty stuff it is too (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 2, 17:14:20
      - Even nastier for rogue cherry trees and inconsiderate neighbours! (n/m) (General Chat) - Kirrie, Feb 2, 17:18:07
        
        EBAY sells it. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 2, 17:20:56
- Leave cat poo on his front lawn. I do it all the time. (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Feb 2, 16:51:23
- Try leaving a cheerful but hopeful note..... (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 2, 16:44:29
  - Finally. I'll print this thread off and nail it to their door. Cheers pal. (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:47:23
- Limited unless the roots are causing issues with your property (e.g. with the foundations) (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 2, 16:40:17
  - Right to light surely means I and my posse can insist they take it down a 1/3rd ? (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:41:58
    - you have no right to light (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 2, 16:45:29
      - I'm not having that! Its ruining sections of 3x neighbours lawns (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:50:10
        
        Not legal. Just kindly offer to pay to have it chopped (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 2, 16:52:01
        
        Its not my tree! I pay to sort my trees out every 3 years or so, the man (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:53:15
    - Nope (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 2, 16:43:53
    - I can imagine your neighbour sticking his head over the fence as you are sawing away. (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 2, 16:43:50
      - It is a problem though! And he's being a tit by avoiding what? ?150 for a tree surgeon to (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:46:44
        
        ?100 about right for a few hours hacking but a TC. (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 2, 16:47:55
        
        Well I reckon double that..... (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 2, 16:50:53
        
        I think I'll get a letter together, all the neighbours involved sign it (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:54:52
        
        Yeah...start off nicely....and wait for a reply.... (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 2, 16:59:17
        
        What's the height and spread roughly? (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 2, 16:47:34
        
        Hard to guess, maybe 40' tall? Just a fat mess of branch and leaf. Needs 15' off it minimu (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:52:08
        
        5'2 , ankles around ears. Ginger muff (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 2, 16:48:43
        
        Sold! (n/m) (General Chat) - yellowman, Feb 2, 16:52:21
- You are only allowed to cut the branches on your side of the fence and have to offer... (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 2, 16:32:27
  - SO I can hack off what crosses my airspace and throw it back in their yard. Cheers Larry. (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:37:03
    - Unless it is a big tree that could fall down as a result... (n/m) (General Chat) - Larry Hagman, Feb 2, 16:40:56
      - Cherries are bottom heavy. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 2, 16:41:35
    - You can defo cut what's in your space. I did recently. Standard. (n/m) (General Chat) - Pit, Feb 2, 16:40:48
- Horses head... (n/m) (General Chat) - jAC, Feb 2, 16:31:39
- Hammer a couple of copper nails into the trunk. (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Feb 2, 16:23:18
  - How long will this take to have visible results pls? (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:24:18
    - ... (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Feb 2, 16:26:53
      - summise pls (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:35:25
        
        ..... (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Feb 2, 16:36:08
      - best try three then. (n/m) (General Chat) - harry boulders, Feb 2, 16:34:19
        
        parp! (n/m) (General Chat) - MIKEWALKER, Feb 2, 16:35:41

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