Hedge removal in a conservation area/village

einstein

Member
Location
Rutland
I'm looking to remove a small length of hedge, possibly 3 meters to give me access to park my car and truck on an orchard adjacent to my house.
Can i do this without asking ?I understand that hedges cant have tpo,s
It is my hedge and on my land .
Although my tiny village lies within a conservation area, I don't think any neighbors would object, in fact it was one of them who suggested the idea and it would really help with parking in the village which is becoming a bit of an issue.
TIA
 

solo

Member
Location
worcestershire
Conservation area rules mean you will need permission. I had a battle to remove a similar length to provide off road parking. Had to do it as part of house renovation with planning in a conservation area. Strung planning out by another six months, but got permission in the end. Google earth is the planners friend;)
 

nick...

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
In my experience you are best to do it and pay the fine when questions get asked.time you apply for planning,employ professional people and deal with all the do gooders you could have done it all.this regularly happens on building sites where trees are concerned and I know 2 farmers not far from me who bought farms with hedges,trees and wide banks which where there at bed time and not when we got up.
nick...
 

br jones

Member
In my experience you are best to do it and pay the fine when questions get asked.time you apply for planning,employ professional people and deal with all the do gooders you could have done it all.this regularly happens on building sites where trees are concerned and I know 2 farmers not far from me who bought farms with hedges,trees and wide banks which where there at bed time and not when we got up.
nick...
That is an idiotic staement ,just pay the fine! ,planners have long memorys ,
 

JCMaloney

Member
Location
LE9 2JG
Local field was sold off for houses, the villagers were jubilant that the hedgerow at the front was "protected and important".
They got irate when the bird netting went over it and apoplectic when it was smouldering pile of ash as the site was cleared and levelled.
Planning application said something like "retain hedge unless road safety/site access is an issue".
Developer provided evidence of visual obstruction... with an image taken from Google Earth some 3 years earlier conveniently acquired before it was cut back.
 

farmerm

Member
Location
Shropshire
A lot will depend on your neighbors and your position in the social scene... I reckon round these parts the clique that following every local planning application would praise some folk for applying to create an open cast mine and would massively condemned others for suggesting the removal of a dangerous tree limb overhanging the road. Who you know and how you are known :rolleyes:

You biggest issue might actually not be the removal of hedge but rather the issue of creating or modifying a point of access to the public highway.... That almost certainly would need planning consent.
 

Exfarmer

Member
Location
Bury St Edmunds
A lot will depend on your neighbors and your position in the social scene... I reckon round these parts the clique that following every local planning application would praise some folk for applying to create an open cast mine and would massively condemned others for suggesting the removal of a dangerous tree limb overhanging the road. Who you know and how you are known :rolleyes:

You biggest issue might actually not be the removal of hedge but rather the issue of creating or modifying a point of access to the public highway.... That almost certainly would need planning consent.
I believe an unclassified road does not need planning for access. New entrances onto a main road are phenomenally exPensive and require “ approved” contractors to install a vision splay
 

Ali_Maxxum

Member
Location
Chepstow, Wales
We pulled a bit of hedge out to put a gateway on an unclassified road. 18 months of cocking about and several hundred pounds of retrospective planning later.... All the council do is create jobs for themselves.
 

Still Farming

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
South Wales UK
Trick around here seems claim every wildlife and organic payment to encourage envoirnment ,then as these reduce ,hard cut back and constant Glysophate spray and years later apply to remove low value hedges or banks and get away with it?.
Worlds mad and as stated lots turn a blind eye or don't seem to recall or worry when others reported and watched to the inch???
 

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