In a bit of a dilemma

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I had a rather large hedge out the front of my house, it was a struggle to maintain especially cutting the top, but I would have found a way, anyway my neighbour noticed I was struggling to cut it and said he would rather it be cut right back, because it was blocking his view on his car on his ring doorbell, we have had quite a few car break ins round the area, so he offered to do it, I agreed and never thought about getting rid of the branches, I don’t pay for a brown bin, and there’s is full, I guess I was under the impression he was going to get rid of it as he wanted it cut, should I get rid of it? Or should he? Bearing in mind it was his idea totally to cut it right back, it is currently sitting on the road by the path not in the road, in two big sacks can’t really stay there, I’m under the impression he thinks I will get rid of it, to add I don’t have any transport to take to the tip, they know this, they have two big cars one each, so could easily dispose of it.

Your hedge, your cuttings! You agreed to it so up to you to dispose of it. You can keep going round in a merry jig with this but ultimately you will need to find a way of disposing of the rubbish.

Every poster has said - your hedge, your responsibility. Which it is. Your neighbour has done you a favour by cutting back an overgrown hedge that you trimmed and stated in your first post that you struggled to maintain.

If you paid a gardener to cut it, you’d expect the debris to be disposed of. But this wasn’t a business transaction. Pay someone to take it away, chop it up and use it to mulch your garden or pay for a brown bin and get it disposed of properly.

Oh dear OP you’re not listening to everyone telling you that it is your responsibility to get rid of the cuttings. Just put smaller amounts into bin bags and put them in your usual rubbish, yes it’ll take a bit longer to get rid of them but so what.

It’s your hedge and you’re responsible for getting rid of the waste. You obviously feel differently but that doesn’t change that it’s your job to get rid of the waste.

There is a Company called Litta who dispose of rubbish. They are very reasonable. Ask him to move it on to your property and tell him you are having to pay someone to take ir away.

I think the neighbour should dispose of the cuttings. Tell him that you would not have agreed to him cutting the hedge back so far if he wasn't going to get rid of the cuttings himself. I would wait a couple of days though incase he is waiting for the weekend to do a tip run.

Brown bins in my area cost £90 pounds a year, Why should OP spend this if they're only going to use it once? (And it takes a while to get the bin too; it doesn't turn up overnight.)

Thank you at last someone who agrees with me, no he hasn’t mentioned getting rid of them he was giving me ideas how to get rid of them, even telling me to burn them in my garden

Exactly! Yes it could be sitting in the road side for weeks

Maybe you can burn them in the garden which is doubtless annoying so ask if he would mind taking them to the dump for you otherwise you will probably need to burn the rubbish. Offer petrol money or something.

It's your hedge, it's your responsibility to dispose of the waste. And if someone reports you for flytipping that will be your responsibility too. Same as if you'd paid someone to cut the hedge and then they flytipped the waste, it would be your responsibility.

I don't mean to sound harsh OP, but if it was me, I'd be so grateful that he did the donkey work (even though it's what he wanted), that I'd arrange for removal myself.

I wonder if you have asked him if he would take it to the tip for you (it's bagged up I think), and pay him petrol money and the tip fee? That would be a good compromise.

I wouldn't agonise over this, if you do escalate it, it could mean NEIGHBOUR WARS!! You don't want that now do you?

I haven’t mentioned fly tipping? I would never do that

Legally though he can cut the hedge on his side of the boundary line if it’s overhanging the boundary line or causing an obstruction, which this is.

Also legally, the hedge is still yours and it’s his responsibility to return the cut off parts to you.

I don’t see how you have any cause for complaint?

I am.impressed hedge cutter has bagged it all up - I hate picking up all the trimmings.

It’s not on his boundary line it’s directly outside my house

Yes, that's a good idea. Offer him the cost of the petrol to take them for you.

So do I I bagged it up anyway

That's the problem never assume anything, you should have asked him first.
If the bags are on the road, pavement or grass verge that could be regarded as fly tipping, ask for help to move them back onto your property asap.
You say you wouldn't fly tip but where is it at present IS fly tipping.

By leaving all the cuttings on the pavement you ARE fly tipping. Someone living opposite me left a couple of huge bags of garden refuse on the pavement recently and the Council has said they will be prosecuted for fly tipping. As the vast majority of people have said, these are cuttings from your hedge which your neighbour cut for you and it is your responsibility to dispose of them or at least keep them off the public highway. You should have discussed how the rubbish would be disposed of with your neighbour before you agreed to him cutting the hedge. At the very least you need to move the bags onto your property.

It going to cost a heck of a lot more than £90 if it is reported to council and a fine is issued.
Ask neighbour and pay him,
Or hire a man and a van to remove it, needs to be licensed though for waste disposal.
I would not entertain burning green rubbish in the garden because of smoke, it would need to dry out. Plus everywhere is so dry containing a bonfire might be difficult, plus some properties have convenants on them forbiding bonfires.

That ship has sailed, now it's been done the neighbour doesn't need to have anything else to do with the matter. It's OP's garden waste, he's not going to rush to help, doesn't even pay to get his own bin emptied according to OP

He offered, you agreed, it’s your hedge so you have to deal with it. He did you a favour.

Me too, he could have just left it all for OP.
Some people would

Well yesterday his brown bin was definitely full