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 Posted: Fri Mar 30, 18 6:45 pm Post subject: Re: Hedges for privacy |
 
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| wellington womble wrote: |
My field runs along the back of a lot of people’s gardens. I want to plant a socking great evergreen hedge along the boundary, so they can’t nose into my field from their bedrooms. Clearly, it will need to be as high as their windows (I’m estimating 4m or so). What I’m having trouble figuring out is how far into my land to site it. I can’t plant right on my north(ish) boundary, or I’ll get complaints about shading. That’s ok, I don’t mind planting it further in, I just don’t know how to go about calculating how far to the south it will shade, and thus how much space to leave.
Any ideas, or do I need to get a tape measure and start measuring shadows at the solstice (surely not. These must be known facts, somewhere!) |
I'm sure I've seen shade calculators on the web, but not having any use for such have not kept a record. However, a search for "shade calculator" on the web looks as if it might bring up useful sites.
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Mistress Rose
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wellington womble
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| pollyanna wrote: |
| What are you doing in your field that you don't want anybody to see? Most people don't spend much time in their bedrooms. |
I don’t think that’s really relevant. It’s my land, and I wish to use it privately. So long as it’s legal, it’s really no concern of my neighbours. Also, one of my neighbours previously spent nearly all his time in his bedroom and was a malicious man, who caused a lot of problems for my mum, when she lived here. I often found him peering through gaps in the fence and the gates (from a private driveway) and he frequently engaged my small daughter in conversation without my presence. He has had lowered fences put in especially so that he can see over them. I once found him merrily shining a torch through my French doors (no idea what that was about, it was still daylight. Sadly, his health has detoriorated recently so that he is no longer able to manage the stairs or get about outside well, so we are no longer under scrutiny. It was unpleasant. I don’t wish for this to continue happening.
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| If they are capable of heading light a hedge has to be under 2 metres high |
No, it doesn’t. A boundary hedge must be growing on land owned or occupied by someone else AND made up of a line of 2 or more trees or shrubs AND mostly evergreen or semi-evergreen AND more than 2 metres tall AND barrier to light or access AND THEREFORE harm the reasonable enjoyment of a home you own or occupy and/or its garden or yard. You can’t object to a hedge under high hedges act merely because it is taller than two metres. I don’t wish to be a nusciance, which is why I am trying to find out how to make sure it isn’t.
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| You might also find that they reduce the water available near them and can send roots out that make a nuisance of themselves. |
Roots are specifically excluded from the the high hedges act. However, the gardens are very long. Between 30 and 50m. I’m really taking pains to be considerate, here.
I want to plant a hedge that is about 4 or 5 m, I think. The gardens are long, probably about 30m in most cases. I doubt complaining that the bottom 4m of your garden is shaded is likely to be considered unreasonable, so I don’t think some shading, some of the time is a problem. Obviously 'unreasonable' is quite subjective, and I will need to make a call. But I need to know how much shading a 4m hedge will cause in order to work out how to plant it considerately. I have a 4m privet at the bottom of my garden. It’s about 20m away. I don’t like it, but it’s adequate for privacy and it doesn’t block the sun unduly. Obviously right on the south side is quite shaded, but most of the garden gets plenty of sun. I’m thinking about 4m back for the boundary would be sufficient, and will allow for maintenance of both hedges by a trimmer.
I will also plant a native hedge on the boundary, which will not be everygreen. This is because people frequently throw their garden rubbish over their bottom fence, and a hedge is very effective at preventing that. |
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wellington womble
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He is a bit creepy. I suspect he has dementia, and that may have been part of the problem, but he’s always been like it. He had cctv for a while, too, but was made to take it down because he was (possibly inadvertently, possibly not, idk) watching the school over the road.
He’s elderly now, and his health has really deteriorated since we moved in. I believe his vision is now very poor, also. However, I’m not having any of that sort of thing at the new place. |
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