Laurel advice please!

[Notsogreenfingered]

We live in a semi rural area, boundary shared with NDN for many years - a lovely russet beech hedge.

New NDN were going to rip out - we stood our ground. They have now ripped out half (their side) and are planning to plant laurel as they say existing hedge is dead (it very much isn’t, just changes colour in autumn/winter....)

Besides from not liking the look of laurel (and read can be dangerous to pets and children), will it eventually kill our beech?

Any advice welcomed - NDN is bullish and very aggressive.

It might not kill the hedge, but unless they keep it trim it will overwhelm the beech. It quickly grows huge unless checked, on the plus side it’s easily trimmed.

Laurel is a thug and grows huge. Look it up I would guess final height will be 30 ft or something. They could grow privet which is usually evergreen, except in extreme winters, and would mingle with your beech.