High bushes blocking my light!!!

Oblivion

One aspect that doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet ...

The school may actually think they are doing you a favour in creating this high screen which presumably has some effect in blocking out the sight and noise of children. Equally, if this boundary extends along several neighbours back gardens, then some of your neighbours may be glad to have the high screen for that reason.

Dave.

jenny74

Idiophreak wrote: »

That's a fairly wobbly argument imho.

This is another one of these good old fashioned neighbourly arguments - like "my neighbour's playing dance music at 3am and I can't sleep" - doubtlessly your response to that would be "it's you that wants the music to be quieter, so it wouldn't be unreasonable for you to pay for your room to be soundproofed".

It's sad that the idea of old fashioned consideration for your neighbours has given way to this overbearing attitude of selfishness in modern society.

For goodness sake!! That's not the same is it, after all playing music loud enough to disturb neighours at 3am would constitue a noise nuisense and the neighbour could en up with an ASBO. The school would not get an ASBO for letting a hedge/bushes grow.

I doubt the school realises there is a problem, if no-one has mentioned it. I do agree with PP, if Op goes to the school guns ablazing they're going to get no-where fast.

Legally, you have no right to light.

TJ27

jenny74 wrote: »

The school would not get an ASBO for letting a hedge/bushes grow.

They might actually. Under high hedge legislation, it is indeed an ASBO that you are served with.

I agree though. Noise is a different thing. Just asking the school to trim the hedge seems like the sensible first move.

anguk

Oblivion wrote: »

One aspect that doesn't seem to have been mentioned yet ...

The school may actually think they are doing you a favour in creating this high screen which presumably has some effect in blocking out the sight and noise of children. Equally, if this boundary extends along several neighbours back gardens, then some of your neighbours may be glad to have the high screen for that reason.

Dave.

This is a good point. Does the hedge go along the boundry of your neighbour's gardens? If so have a word with them, they might not like the height and if a few of you asked for it to be lowered they'd be more likely to listen. But if the others wanted to keep the hedge as it is it might look a bit odd with only yours cut back (assuming you're all in a line).

Pitchshifter

One thing you could consider is a 20 metre high parabolic mirror and an elaborate arrangement of 45 degree reflecting mirrors to collect and guide concentrated sunlight down onto a 10 metre high light diffuser positioned over the vegetable plot, with varying concentrations/ diffusions for different plants (ie. stronger light for tomatoes say, less for carrots perhaps).

Or is that too much of a hassle? See, you hadn't considered all the options had you!

Idiophreak

Pitchshifter wrote: »

One thing you could consider is a 20 metre high parabolic mirror and an elaborate arrangement of 45 degree reflecting mirrors to collect and guide concentrated sunlight down onto a 10 metre high light diffuser positioned over the vegetable plot, with varying concentrations/ diffusions for different plants (ie. stronger light for tomatoes say, less for carrots perhaps).

Or is that too much of a hassle? See, you hadn't considered all the options had you!

lol, I thought this was some kinda elaborate contraption to create a giant "lazer beam" with which to destroy the hedge :D:D:D

Pitchshifter

Nah that would be antisocial.

tinkerbell84

:rotfl:

brilliant!

Wickedkitten

Doesn't Right to Light only actually affect the inside of your house rather than your garden anyway?

tinkerbell84

Wickedkitten wrote: »

Doesn't Right to Light only actually affect the inside of your house rather than your garden anyway?

there is no "right to light"