gardening

[k8bailey]

Wasn't sure where to put this question -

I own a terraced house, my garden backs onto someone elses garden. I have/had a tree in my garden and a trellis with climbing plants on it, some of this was overhanging the wall at the back (don't know how much) The people at the back have cut down aprox 70% of the tree and 90% of the climbing plants.

I don't think they came into my garden to do this, but they have removed almost all of the climbing plant from my side of the trellis too - whats left is now dying.

Were they allowed to do this? What if anything can I do to stop them from doing this again? Also they dumped quite a bit of the rubbish into my next door neighbours garden. (Which I will offer to remove as soon as I see her) I put the trellis up to block them from view, because they're all violent, foul mouthed, benefit cheats!

[danchip]

they are legally allowed to prune/cut back any branches/plants which are overhanging into their property and also are well within their rights to dump the rubbish into your garden, maybe they put it into next doors garden by accident

[sandmaster]

danchip is right, they are allowed to prune the parts of the tree and plants which overhung their garden. But they are not allowed to cut or trim anything on your side. If they have you are able to report the matter to the police as criminal damage.

[k8bailey]

Thanks guys - I thought they would be allowed to cut back anything which was overghanging. I don't know why they put the rubbish in the wrong garden - its pretty obvious which one's which!

It looks awful but I'm not sure I want the aggro of reporting them.

If I took pics and they do it again would I beable to report both incidents?

[buildersmate]

"If I took pics and they do it again would I beable to report both incidents?"

Yes, but please appreciate that it is normally a civil offence against you, not a criminal offence. So the police aren't interested and the recourse is that you would have to take them to court for damages.
I can't think that this would count as criminal damage.