Neighbours pruned my tree

[woodpile]

The neighbour is a tenant, housing association.

[Billy68]

Contact his landlord good place to start

[matelot]

The first thing I would be doing is contacting the housing association. If they are "neighbours from hell" they might hopefully be getting evicted soon.

[Mike H]

I think increasing the tension is best avoided and for all concerned being able to talk it over would be the best result. Go talk to him face to face, express your frustration calmly and just be incredibly nice...

[woodpile]

The neighbour is a Woman about 60. The welder of the loppers is her boyfriend who lives elsewhere. They have been asked nicely after they last did this. I also pruned the tree back to my boundary. This is not a light issue, this is because of some imagined danger to her grandchild, who I have seen in her garden once in seven years. I reckon she's bonkers...

[Kveldssanger]

Seeing as a TPO is mainly geared towards amenity value and visibility, justifying the use of officer time (legal, planning, TO) for a tree that has been hacked and is likely not too visible would be very hard. I don't imagine you'd gain any traction, there.

[Kenty]

Firstly if your tree has been pruned without your consent past the boundary then this is criminal damage, so in the first instance contact your local police constabulary to report it, now it will be on an authority database.

Secondly contact the housing association to again report it stating that it has been pruned well beyond the boundary and that the arisings have been dumped in your garden and you do not want them.

It could be costly to go down the private prosecution route so make sure your tree does not encroach over the boundary in the future.

As said try to get the tree officer to attach a tpo to it.

In situations like this you need to make sure you are whiter than white, play by the book & keep your cool.

[Kveldssanger]

The neighbour is a Woman about 60. The welder of the loppers is her boyfriend who lives elsewhere. They have been asked nicely after they last did this. I also pruned the tree back to my boundary. This is not a light issue, this is because of some imagined danger to her grandchild, who I have seen in her garden once in seven years. I reckon she's bonkers...

 

Oh it's that type of person.

 

Warn her not to use her car as, statistically, she is at risk of danger when driving. Also ensure she doesn't leave the house as, statistically, she could get hit by a vehicle when using a pedestrian walkway. Also inform her not to breathe as, statistically, the air in urban areas is polluted to a point that you are more disposed to suffer long-term ill-health effects. I could go on...

 

Also inform her Robinia wood is strong and was once used for playground equipment for kids to play on / around.

[openspaceman]

Firstly if your tree has been pruned without your consent past the boundary then this is criminal damage, so in the first instance contact your local police constabulary to report it, now it will be on an authority database.

Secondly contact the housing association to again report it stating that it has been pruned well beyond the boundary and that the arisings have been dumped in your garden and you do not want them.

It could be costly to go down the private prosecution route so make sure your tree does not encroach over the boundary in the future.

As said try to get the tree officer to attach a tpo to it.

In situations like this you need to make sure you are whiter than white, play by the book & keep your cool.

 

I'd say that was all reasonable except for the TPO but my first port of call would be the housing association and not escalate the criminal damage bit yet.

[Mike H]

Her fears about her granddaughter are real to her, even if we think she is bonkers. It doesn't look like she will change, so a degree of acceptance may be the way forward. Perhaps you could say you accept her concerns and will keep the tree pruned, but could she let you take responsibility for the pruning.