We own our house, the adjoining house is owned by the council. The hedge is jointly owned by us and the council, it should be maintained by both sides.
We have endured a long campaign of harassment by the council tenant, evidence has been supplied to both the council and the police, very little has been done. The latest incident is that the council tenant has hacked down 8 foot of the hedge and placed her garden table in the gap so she can stare through. The council have said they will replace the hedge with a wired fence, we are unhappy with this as it has huge gaps in it and we believe it will escalate the behaviour of their tenant. Can we legally enforce that they should replace with a wooden fence? Also, can we insist that the police treat this as criminal damage? Thank you in advance.
The damage extends further than the image shows.