Neighbour trimmed the tree that hangs over in to her garden......but

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She chucked all the bits she trimmed over in to my garden

Is this normal?

I don't mind her trimming it - trees grow - but I'm pissed off that she threw it all over in to my garden

This is not normal.

The law says you’re meant to offer the bits back, but obviously you could have declined. Does she not have a compost bin, maybe?

Legally that’s what she has to do. She can clip your tree where it overhangs her land, but she has to return the clippings to you.

If it's coming from your garden Into her garden then yes that's fair enough you should have trimmed it to be honest and stopped it before it grew over to her garden .

It is allowed as far as I’m aware.

Maybe she was upset you let your tree grow into her garden and didn't have the courtesy to sort it out yourself?

Absolutely is allowed.

I think its normal, it's yours not hers.

Normal.

No - it’s fly tipping.
Yes, legally the trimmings belong to you, but people seem to know that they are allowed to cut overhang, and that trimmings belong to the owner of the tree/shrub but miss out the bit where they are supposed to offer them back to the owner not just chuck them over the fence, or else be guilty of fly - tipping.
(as you can see from lots of replies already)

Google says

I think I read that is what u should legally do as the tree does not belong to yhem therefore neither do the cuttings. The sensible thing to do would be to knock.and ask if u wanted the cuttings, if not then neighbour disposes of them.

Your tree, your trimmed bits. So I don't blame her for chucking them over.

The Royal Horticultural Society on its 'Trees and the law' page actually says
"Once branches are cut off they should be offered back to the tree owner. If the owner doesn’t want them then you will be responsible for disposing of the prunings; you can’t simply throw them over the boundary into your neighbour’s garden!"

My bolding.

https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/types/trees/the-law

No, she has to offer the clippings back to the OP.

The OP does not have to take them and if OP does not want them then neighbour is responsible for disposal.

She can offer but you dont have to take them.

My mam got fed up of her neighbours tree, she cut it and threw it back in neighbours garden. The neighbours just threw them back over to ours the next night. You can do the same op, you dont want them.

The law permits her to trim branches or twigs that come over the boundary and she is required to offer the trimmings/branches to you. If
you don’t want them then she has to dispose of them herself.

She’s just doing the right thing legally.

I think it is petty of the neighbour to chuck them into your garden. But it is selfish of you to have your tree over growing her garden to the extent she needs to cut it back. You should cut it back yourself.

Yes she should offer and not just throw them over, but if I were you I also wouldn't expect my neighbour have to take on the job of disposing them as well as having to trim them. Personally I'd be grateful she dealt with the overhang and just dispose of them myself

No she is not. She did not ask the OP if she wanted them.

Trimming the overhanging tree branches = okay

Throwing said branches into OP’s garden = NOT okay.

I agree - you should have done the neighbourly thing and cut it back yourself.

My neighbour does this. It’s a dirty protest as they are annoyed by the tree. I can’t cut it back their side without trespassing in their garden. We get it done professionally when allowed by council (tree preservation order) and the people who come do it from our side (and cut back neighbours side too) as they climb the tree but it’s not something I’m about to do!

No she's not. Read the thread or look it up. She's NOT entitled to do that, let alone have to do that!!

I’d just throw them back over her fence.