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[iggymiggy]

how much could i expect to pay to have 12ft leylandi trees planted to provide a 45foot partition

[Buenchico]

Quite a lot!

A single 4m high Leylandii is priced, here, at �223.25:
http://www.hedgingandtopiary.co.uk/product.asp ?numRecordPosition=59&P_ID=192&strPageHistory= cat&strKeywords=&SearchFor=&PT_ID=101

Looking at the planting guide, you'd probably need about 23 of them. So that's an initial bill of �5134.75 before you get a specialist firm to plant them for you. That's probably going to take the total bill to somewhere around �6000.

Chris

[buildersmate]

I suppose the issue is transporting them root-balled at this large size. Since they grow about 3ft per annum once established, why not plant smaller ones.

[Fay Mousse]

tonyted is correct - a single leylandi can be very tall but as a hedge the maximum is 6ft - unless it is nowhere near neighbouring properties, such as in the middle of a very large field.

[Ice.Maiden]

Think twice before planting Leylandii iggy. They do indeed grow very tall, very quickly, and that could cause problems later on. x

[Buenchico]

It's a myth that Leylandii can't exceed 6 feet (2 metres).

Part 8 of the the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 permits local councils to consider applications from aggrieved neighbours, in respect of evergreen hedges exceeding 2 metres in height. The applicant has to pay a fee to make his application for an order to force the property owner to cut the hedge back. However, the council won't automatically make any order. They have to consider whether the hedge is "adversely affecting the complainant's reasonable enjoyment of their property". In many cases they'll decide that this not the case, and refuse to make any order. Even if they do make an order, it doesn't necessarily mean that they'll insist on a 2 metre height limit. They could decide that a higher limit is acceptable.

http://www.communities.gov.uk/planningandbuild ing/planning/treeshighhedges/highhedges/overvi ewhedges/

Chris

[buildersmate]

Absolutely correct Chris. Another urban myth dispelled.

[ianmunt]

I'd pay Not to have them planted! If you want a more satisfactory variety go for thuja,

[growbag]

Hi, I think you need to think about why you want the trees 12 foot high (and unless you prune them twice a year they will soon be a lot higher!). If it's to provide screening between you and a neighbouring property, and espcially if you are very near that property or to the South or West, then your neighbours may well have a case to force you to take them down. The other respondents are right, there is no law as such that says you can't have a hedge more than 6 foot high, but your neighbours can take action aganist you if they feel that you have planted a hedge which adversely affects them. It's not just conifers - it's any trees which are planted as a hedge.
One of the problems with conifers is that very little will grow near them, so there is a knock-on impact on the rest of your garden. Plus they are incredibly ugly. We have a leylandii hedge at the front of our property, dividing our front garden from the neighbours, which the neighbours planted. they keep it to a reasonable height, and it doesn't impinge on our light, so it's not a problem from that point of view. But nothing grows under it so it's very boring to look at from our front room.
If you want screening, have you thought about using a mixed hedge (yew, hawthorn, beech etc) which would be much more attractive. If you waited until autumn you could buy rootball plants which would be much cheaper!