Overhanging tree branch

marcia_

Rdwill said:

Is this a serious question,

your property, the tree, is trespassing in your neighbours space/garden and they have asked you to remove it.

Would you be ok if they came and walked their dog around your garden or parked on your drive?,    

 Hardly the same thing 

ashe

Legally you're probably ok but I'd see this as something to do with neighbourly relations. I'd be unhappy if I was having to trim a tree that was growing in my neighbours garden and it was so tall I couldn't cut it myself, and if other easy round I'd offer to maintain it

how tall are we talking as you can get extendable loppers / trimmers? Or is it really really tall? 

My parents have been in dispute with their neighbour, who they previously got on with quite well, because she has a large tree by the border. They can trim it and do so, and it annoys her as it changes the shape of the tree which she doesn't like. Unbelievable that someone puts a tree next to a border and expects someone else to enjoy half the tree in their garden 😂

she got the hosepipe treatment when my mum was dying of cancer and I went over to maintain the garden and she chewed my ear off about how "horrible" my mum was being, knowing fine well she had terminal cancer. 

IvyFlood

Our garden backs on to a garden which has a couple of large trees. The first one, a cherry, had branches overhanging into out garden and they were quite high. Husband climbed to the top of a stepladder while I held his legs (quite scary!) and he snipped it down, we just disposed of, didn't need to get owner involved and what a difference it made to our garden.

The second tree is a very large willow that hadn't been cut back for years but it was more overhanging into our neighbours garden than ours. One day, the 3 of us (me, my neighbour and the elderly lady whos garden the willow is in) were all having a conversation about it. Neighbour wanted it cut back to give them more light, elderly lady said she'd been meaning to have it cut back for some time. They agreed to go half and asked me if id contribute. I said that we didn't mind some of the willow leaves being in our garden, in fact, we quite liked it so I said as it didn't really effect us we wouldn't contribute. The neighbours sorted out quotes for tree surgeons and went half with the lady.

I don't think its unreasonable to pay half in these situations. They want the branches removed (if they can't reach them themselves) so they should be willing to contribute half. At the same time, it is your tree and you should have it maintained, but you can only maintain what's within reach on your land otherwise you'd be trespassing onto theirs.

fletcher1985

at the end of the day its your tree do the right thing and cut it back. 

GDB2222

We have an oak tree in our garden that overhangs the neighbour's garden. It has a TPO, so neither of us is permitted to cut it back. 

The house recently changed hands, and I am quite surprised that the house sold, as the tree takes most of the light from the garden, and it's only going to get bigger. 

Brie

GDB2222 said:

We have an oak tree in our garden that overhangs the neighbour's garden. It has a TPO, so neither of us is permitted to cut it back. 

The house recently changed hands, and I am quite surprised that the house sold, as the tree takes most of the light from the garden, and it's only going to get bigger. 

We had a situation like that locally where the new owner wasn't pleased about a large tree with a TPO.  Strangely, as if by magic, something happened and the tree was "accidentally" ringed causing its demise and subsequent removal  If the new owner hadn't have been so public about his displeasure with the tree he never would have been taken to court over it.  

casper_gutman

I have a large tree in my garden, overhanging next door, which was there when I moved in. New neighbours next door asked if I'd consider removing the tree completely, as it takes their light in the evenings. I politely declined, as I like the shade in our garden (especially the fact that it shades my garden office in the hottest part of the day, limiting temperatures in there). Also, I like the appearance of the tree, which is certainly much more attractive than the large conifer in the garden of the house backing onto ours, which it screens from view.

The neighbours then asked if I would allow them to pay for tree surgeons to remove some overhanging branches, which I was happy to permit. So, we disagreed on what should happen to the tree, we discussed and agreed a compromise we were all content with. We still get on well because we're all grown-ups.

jonnydeppiwish!

Our last house had a large oak overhanging the garden by 8m. Garden was on 12 deep. Spoke to the owner about getting it cut back, his response was it, along with many others on his boundary had been there before the ‘new’ (1970s) house were built so not, he wouldn’t agree to it. 

I ended up applying for Pp as it had a TPO on it. Tree surgeon can along and took between 2-4m off the S,N and W elevation where it overhung my garden but nothing off the wast elevation which over neighbours drive, as that’s what he wanted.
He was mightily indignant when one of the branches from the driveway fell and smashed the top of his new cabriolet……