Brambles from Council Land

mikey_D

Hi, not sure if this is the correct place but I will try here first.

We have recently moved into a new house which was un-occupied for around 18 months. The end of our garden backs onto council land and as no one has kept contol of the boundary Bambles/Tress and things have grown out of control, these are all on council land. My question is as these are on council land, do they have a duty of care and can I get them to cut them back/clear it up at all?

Thanks for your help in advance

morg_monster

they are responsible for the stuff on their land, anything (ie a branch) that comes over the boundary you can chop back, but I don't think they will come and do anything in your garden for you. Also if there's no reason to clear their own land (eg they might if it was a playground or by a path) they probably won't be that interested in clearing it.

We have a mess of brambles at the end of our garden (in a council owned wood) and I just chop back the brambles, nettles, etc when they come through the fence.

newsgroup_monkey

Roundup. Lots of.

But don't tell anyone.

floyd

I'd probably just chop off any that were encroaching then leave the rest be and pick the resulting fruit in autumn. MMMMMM scones with bramble jelly

a1cat

Council probably won't be interested.

If so, one big hack back then mow back anything close to your boundary, eg within 2 metres.

Yes - roundup, any weed & feed for grass etc should both work.

Plus keep mowing.

Will kill it in one season.

valk_scot

You might get into trouble if you touched the trees, especially if they're mature. But I can't imagine they'd mind if you trimmed the brambles back a bit. As to whether they've got a duty to keep every patch of land they own weed free? Nope. Too expensive and they don't have to, so they don't. You can always ask though...they might have a few community service folk with nothing to do that weekend. That's how we get out (council owned) allotment hedges trimmed...they don't have to do it but they're sometimes looking for jobs at the weekend that a relatively unskilled workparty can handle.

pogofish

Ace! - All the free brambles you can pick then.

Bramble jelly is cheap, easy and delicious as is bramble wine!