Can the Council become involved in a neighbour dispute?
Involving the Council should be a last resort. If the dispute is over private land then there is little the Council can do until a number of procedures have been followed. The Council will send out a booklet to both sides involved in the dispute and will request evidence that the procedures have been undertaken. If the disputed hedge is situated on Council owned land then the concerned persons can formally complain to the Council about the problem. This will mean completing a complaints form and returning it to Planning Services.
