Residential Hedgerows

See also specific sites for: Native Hedgerows. 

Organisations

• Link to Hedgeline, a support group for victims of hedge abuse.

Proposed Legislation

• The DETR have published Draft Guidelines Hedge Height & Light Loss for use whilst calculating whether a hedge is causing a nuisance (see High Hedges Bill). The guidance has been produced by the BRE (24/4/01).
  • Click here to download the Guidelines as a PDF file (see footnote).
  • Click here to view updated DETR High Hedges BP web page.
• High Hedges Bill. Update: 12/3/01: The full text is now available for view of the House of Commons Debate for the second reading of the High Hedges Bill (9/3/01) View Debate Text.

• High Hedges Bill. This Bill is now available to view online at the parliament website. Additionally, explanatory notes describing the main points within the Bill, in a non-technical manner, are available. The DETR have published a briefing note describing the Bill and its history and also a Regulatory Impact Assessment.
  • View High Hedges Bill  UK,Parliament.
  • View High Hedges Bill Explanatory Notes UK Parliament.
  • View DETR High Hedges Bill Briefing Note. DETR, UK
  • View DETR Regulatory Impact Assessment. DETR, UK

• Control of High Hedges Research Paper 99/35 - UK Parliament - 25th Mar 1999
• Summary of responses to the High Hedges consultation Paper - DETR - 11th Aug 2000
• Hedges (control) Bill - UK Parliament - 13th Jan 1999
• Control of Residential Hedgerows Bill - UK Parliament - 11th Mar 1999
• Statutory Nuisances (Hedgerows in Residential Areas) bill put before the House of Lords. 30/11/99.

• 7/12/01: DTLR News:  Nuisance Hedge Height Guidance Notes.

Publications.

• Garden hedging: get it right: a voluntary code of practice for growers, retailers, landscapers, developers and advisers - June 1999 - Sponsored by Rural Development Branch 4 - Available from DETR Free Literature: Ref 99WACD0215A

DETR Web Site.

• DETR High Hedges - Possible solutions. 13/11/99. Consultation Paper. Available for direct download from the DETR site.
• Leylandii - New advice on taming the monster. DETR Press Release No:780   23/9/98.
• New initiatives to tackle nuisance hedges - DETR - Press release - 12th Nov 1999
• Hedge selection code of practice launched. - DETR - Press Release - 15th June 1999
• Leylandii briefing note updated - DETR - 14th May 1999
• Summary of responses to the High Hedges consultation Paper - DETR - 11th Aug 2000

National Proficiency Tests Council (NPTC) -   Scottish Skills Testing Service (SSTS)

• NPTC Training Units for Chainsaw and Related Operations. Link to NPTC information page.
  • AO2098 - Hedge Laying
  • AO110298 - Specialist Pruning (Hedge from Ground Level)
  • AO130398 - Mechanical Hedge Trimming (MO10)

Publication Extracts.

• Hedges, screens and shelterbelts. Chapter XII. The Arboriculturists Companion by N. James. ISBN 0-631-16774-9.

AIE Links

• Main Subject Index
• Native Hedgerows
• Woodland

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