A Scots home-owner has been ordered to trim their bush by simply 3cm after a row broke out between neighbours. The residents in Gullane, East Lothian, had been unable to agree over how a lot to cut off the Leylandi hedge, which spans the again of their gardens.
One home-owner, who lives in Muirfield Park, requested East Lothian Council to subject a Excessive Hedge Discover on his neighbours after claiming repeated requests to them to chop down the hedge had been ignored.
However whereas the council this week agreed to subject the discover requiring the house owners to keep up the hedge, they launched a most peak of 4.34 metres, Edinburgh Dwell experiences.
And so they stated latest visits to measure the hedge, which is eighteen metres lengthy, confirmed its present peak is between 4.37 and 4.5 metres, which means components would solely want a 3cm trim to fulfill the brand new peak.
In a report back to council, planning officers stated that whereas the applicant argued the hedge blocked out daylight to his house, the house owners of the hedge had stated it was required to present them privateness from a primary flooring balcony constructed on the neighbouring property seven years in the past.
And planning officers confirmed that the balcony and french doorways had been granted permission due to the "excessive boundary vegetation" which supplied the Frasers with privateness from an in any other case overlooking balcony.
Their report stated: "Accordingly, a stability is due to this fact required to be struck to allow the occupants of The Hawthorns to retain their privateness, while permitting the occupants of Muirfield Park to take pleasure in their residential property and related curtilage.
"The peak wherein the hedge is required to be maintained will mirror this."
The discover set the utmost peak at 4.34 metres ordering the house owners to make sure it's no increased and stored at that peak sooner or later.
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