fence and trellis height

[mad fencer]

i have recently put a drive in the front of my house and now the neighbour has put up a 2 metre high trellis against his 1 metre high fence which has been there for more than 20 years because he said he does not want to see my car in my drive .Now when i want to drive my car out of my drive i have a problem seeing if any pedestrian is walking along the foot path or any child on a small trike is cycling along , this fence structure i feel has now caused a saftey issue which the local council has given its blessing. how do i stand to this issue i thought line of sight was a 600mm high fence or wall and 2 metres back from the path was the law in this matter

[solera]

It could be said that you caused a safety issue because for 20 years there has not been a problem, to be fair a trellis you can see through, where is the problem?

[mad fencer]

the fence is now coverered in climbing plants the 1 metre fence has been there for 20 years not the trellis

[landscaper2]

Whenever we fence down to the public footpath and the fence is higher than 3', we always slope the last section down to about 3' for safety - it also looks far better and neater. A trellis is easily cut in this fashion and hopefully your neighbour will see the sense in such a compromise and you will all be happy!

[buildersmate]

There is very unlikely to be any legal obligation on your neighbour and the local council will not want to know. The sight lines you refer to relate to situations when an individual wishes to seek permission for a new access onto the public highway.
The only place you can consider looking is in the land title of your own property to see if there is a restrictive convenant placed on the height of structures at the front of the property - and even then this will almost certainly relate to permanent structures not bushes and plants.
The best way is through sensible reasoning with the neighbour.

[Grandpappy]

The simple answer is -drive or cruise down to the footpath very slowly and stop.
Aren't there enough ***g problems in the world without you looking for more??