The owner of a hedge which has grown as high as 15 metres in places over 30 years has lost his fight to win more time to cut it back.
Harry Melrose appealed to Scottish ministers after he was issued with a high hedge notice by East Lothian Council calling for part of the hedge to be cut down to just 2.5 metres in three months and the rest brought down to six metres in 18 months.
However, following a site visit by a Scottish Government Reporter, the issue which requires part of the hedge to be reduced to 2.5 metres by the end of October and reduce the rest by February 2025, has been backed.East Lothian planners issued a High Hedge Notice on its owner in May after neighbours failed to reach agreement about its height.
Melrose said the hedge acts as a windbreak and barrier for his rural hilltop cottage at West Morham, near Haddington – but his neighbours claimed it blocked light from their home and garden and needed to be cut down.
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