FOI request (FOIR-173781511)

High hedges, trees or plants

Requested Mon 10 February 2020
Responded Tue 31 March 2020

I would like to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act (2000). I am seeking to identify the number of complaints made by neighbours about high hedges, trees or plants.

The questions I have are as follows:

Q1. In the following time periods, please provide the total number of complaints logged regarding a neighbour's high hedges, trees or plants under Part 8 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003:

2017

2018

2019

Q2. In the following time periods, please provide the number of complaints that were settled/resolved regarding a neighbour's hedges, trees or plants:

2017

2018

2019

Q3. In the following time periods, please provide the number of complaints that were rejected because the complainant had not followed the Government's 'over the garden hedge' guidance:

2017

2018

2019

Q4. Please state how much income you generated from payments related to handling disputes related to high hedges, trees or plants in the following time periods:

2017

2018

2019

Q5 In the following time periods, please provide the fines or instances where the council has to complete remedial work where a remedial notice was not acted upon?

2017

2018

2019

Response

Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding, we have been experiencing problems with our systems.

Q1.

2017 - 1

2018 - 2

2019 - 3

Q2.

2017 - 0

2018 - 0

2019 - 1

Q3. None

Q4. None

Q5. None