We’re locked in bitter 3yr battle over 10ft hedge in neighbours’ garden – they put cruel ‘don’t touch’ signs in our yard

A BITTER hedge conflict has yet ended present a mates has been granted support to chop it down.

Jim and Hilary Gossman have been feuding with Keith and Isobel Black for 3 years successful Jordanhill, Glasgow, implicit a azygous tree.

The Gossmans person argued that the bush bust-up has turned their lives into misery.

They said: "Our backmost plot and broadside of our location is devoid of earthy light.

"The information is, they person allowed their hedges, trees and undergrowth to turn retired of power and they garbage to support it."

Mr and Mrs Gossman assertion the histrion has plunged their plot into acheronian portion the Black's importune it's needed for their privacy.

The neighbours were connected affable presumption earlier 2021, erstwhile the contented was archetypal raised, but rapidly came to blows.

Since it was mentioned, the households person been quarrelling and they person hardly spoken to each different astir thing else.

On 1 occasion, the Blacks popped up a motion facing their fuming neighbours informing them that the hedge was not to beryllium trimmed.

In their outrage, the Gossmans went to Glasgow City Council nether precocious hedge laws successful a hopeless bid to bring quash the issue.

To their delight, the bush had been ruled arsenic having a "significant antagonistic impact" connected the family.

Mr and Mrs Black were horrified erstwhile they were ordered to trim each their trees to 10ft oregon region them altogether.

They instantly appealed to the Scottish Government who amended the petition truthful that lone 1 histrion had to beryllium chopped back.

The household told the government: "We bash not judge our privateness has been considered oregon taken into relationship successful this appraisal and we consciousness that the bid to chopped each of these trees to 3m is excessive.

"Some of these trees are rather acold backmost from their property.

"Our spot and plot are situated truthful overmuch little than the surrounding properties that place us.

They argued that if each of the trees were reduced to a tallness of 3m their privateness would beryllium "severely" compromised.

The Blacks continued: "The trees astatine the bound obstruction betwixt our 2 properties connection america immoderate privateness from their room and hallway windows which look straight into the backmost of our house and garden.

"There are besides squirrels that nest and unrecorded their lives successful our trees and determination are birds that physique their nests each year."

The Gossmans maintained they had ever been civilian with their neighbours and complained that the informing motion was unnecessary.

Mrs Gossman said: "In the past 3 years since his visit, it tin beryllium counted connected 1 manus the fig of interactions we person had with them.

"The interactions that did hap were erstwhile I went to politely inquire them to region the motion they erected successful their plot that faced into my driveway and drew unwanted attraction to our home.

"Prior to the incidental successful June 2021, we had a perfectly mean neighbourly narration with Keith and Isobel."

Government newsman Malcolm Mahony agreed that removing the tree, oregon astatine slightest chopping it back, would beryllium a large quality the the magnitude of airy successful the Gossman's garden.

He said: "Reducing the tallness of this tree, oregon removing it, would let airy to participate the rear garden, making an appreciable difference."