An appeal to the Scottish Government has seen that decision quashed and a high hedge notice issued to Mr Rice requiring the height to be reduced from just under four metres to three metres.
A group of Scots residents have won a battle with their neighbour over a “high hedge” they claim blocks sunlight leaving conservatories “cold and dull” after government planners demanded it be trimmed down.
During the dispute, the Fairmilehead residents became so frustrated they cut it themselves and dumped six bags full of branches and clippings on the kerbside outside Mr Rice’s house for him to dispose of, which he said left his wife feeling “intimidated”.One of the neighbours, David Linkie, said in his initial letter to the council that lowering the hedge would “help to reduce the cost of heating the lower back end rooms of the house”.
Top news stories today Jeremy Jones, another neighbour, said it was “potentially costly to employ professional tree-cutting services once/twice a year to maintain or for me to purchase necessary hedge trimming equipment to get the job done”. After taking matters into their own hands to trim the hedge on their sides they said Mr Rice disposed of the branches left near his door but told them “we won’t be accepting the cuttings again”. They added: “This leaves the impacted appellants with the future burden of disposal twice a year.”
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