I've had my trees cut down

[Tom2020]

Just got a phone call of the mrs saying that 17 hawthorns have been cut down in here field and she hasen't asked any one for the work. So we rang the land owner as we rent it too keep are horses in and have done for the last 2 years with out any problems

 

The horses use the hawthorns as shelter in the winter and to itch them self's on it. The land owner hasen't ask for any work on the trees either and now where at a compleat lost on whats happend or what to do.Who ever has done it have left the stumps 2-4high off the floor The hawthorns have grown thru the cast iron fence from the public part and some are on the land we rent the stumps are now dangerous and leaving holes in the fence where the horse can get out.Plenty of people in the village seem them doing it but no one thought to ask or take the number All i have was a van and two people thats it.

 

 

The work was carried out just outside of Grantham

 

 

Any idea on what i can do now :thumbdown:

[armchairarborist]

cut the stumps lower and have some sweet firewood, doesn't sound right leaving gaps that the beasts can get through, how big were the trees?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

It sounds to me like someone just nicked a load of firewood!

[Tom2020]

It sounds to me like someone just nicked a load of firewood!

 

90% are twigs there about 5ft of trunk lol

 

 

Im doing the stumps next week as im away till then

 

Where thinking its gypos desperate for wood

[armchairarborist]

do any of the neighbours now have a fantastic view that they didn't have yesterday?

[Treewarrior]

This is becoming more of an ocurrence everywhere.

 

Last week we saw 2 guys cutting down a tree on private land. They were caught by the landowner, nicking deadwood for firewood!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

mmmm or somone got the location of a hedge restoration wrong!

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

do any of the neighbours now have a fantastic view that they didn't have yesterday?

 

the man makes a worthy contribution to this detective work!

[Tom2020]

No there a church what looks over the road then on to the field Im pissed that the horses havent got out door cover now

[treequip]

So who owns the trees? Well they belong to the person who owns the land they were rooted on.

 

Since the establishment of boundaries to the accuracy needed to determine ownership of a tree is difficult in the extreme it is possible to argue or disavow ownership from either side.

 

So the trees that were growing through the fence from public land weren’t under the control of your landlord so there isn’t much you can do about it.

 

The potential for livestock escaping is your problem. If you keep it on your land you should be able to keep it on your land, without using the benefit of someone else’s boundary feature. So if they removed their trees you are going to need a fence.

 

The first port of call would be the land owner of the other side of the fence. If some of the trees were your side of the boundary they may have a case to answer, proving where the boundary lies is however a whole other matter.

 

Andy