To not cut the hedge

[Ineedsleepandcoffee]

I have a hedge at the front of my garden. I came home the other day to find my neighbour has cut the side bordering his garden but also about a metres length at the front, which is clearly our hedge and makes the rest of the hedge look far worse than it did before. I was intending to cut the hedge when I got a chance but I have a lot of other constraints on my time and quite often there is a car parked on the pavement blocking the hedge so it is past due to be cut. This week my 5yo has been in hospital having emergency surgery. She is home today and cuddled up with daddy so I could go and do it now but then it looks like I have been shamed into it, so that makes me feel like I want to just leave it as it is.
So what would you do
Yabu - just cut it
Yanbu- do it when you feel like it and it is convenient and not when you feel shamed into it.

Hedges aren’t meant to be cut at this time of year in case of nesting birds

Not cool to trim hedges now, for reasons PP have pointed out! Even if you're pretty sure there are no nests, you never know.

If they had passengers they wouldn't park so close to the hedge. There is enough space to park fully on the road and the most likely pedestrians to want to use that section of pavement would be me with my daughter in her wheelchair.

And I've just gone through the power cable trying to do the inner bit so now it will have to wait even longer. That's what I get for doing it while distracted.

As others have said, it shouldn't be done during nesting season anyway. This is from one council but seems like a pretty clear reading of the law on this to me.

www.durham.gov.uk/media/3887/Hedges-and-the-Law/pdf/HedgesAndTheLaw.pdf?m=636735642239830000#:~:text=the%20Wildlife%20and%20Countryside%20Act%201981.&text=(CSS)%20or%20the%20Environmentally%20Sensitive,to%2031%20July%20(inclusive).

Its says to check for signs of nesting which I have done as the hedge is not dense, plus I like to feed the birds so I look out for them coming and going.

I only cut my side of our hedge. The neighbour does the other side when it overhangs

I used to go round and cut it for them but I stopped years ago as I've had quite a few issues every time they use their builder so I can't be bothered with them anymore