Complaints re neighbours' high hedges
Case reference EIR2026/00568
Received 5 March 2026
Published 2 April 2026
Request
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:
-Total number of complaints received regarding neighbours’ high hedges in the 2025 calendar year (Part 8 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003)
-Number of complaints received regarding neighbours’ high hedges that were rejected in the 2025 calendar year
-Total amount charged to investigate high hedge complaints in the 2025 calendar year
-Total number and total monetary value of fines issued in the 2025 calendar year due to a failure to act on a remedial notice issued to trim hedges
-Total number of complaints received regarding neighbours’ high hedges in the 2024 calendar year
-Number of complaints received regarding neighbours’ high hedges that were rejected in the 2024 calendar year
-Total amount charged to investigate high hedge complaints in the 2024 calendar year
-Total number and total monetary value of fines issued in the 2024 calendar year due to a failure to act on a remedial notice issued to trim hedges
-Total number of complaints received regarding neighbours’ high hedges in the 2023 calendar year
-Number of complaints received regarding neighbours’ high hedges that were rejected in the 2023 calendar year
-Total amount charged to investigate high hedge complaints in the 2023 calendar year
-Total number and total monetary value of fines issued in the 2023 calendar year due to a failure to act on a remedial notice issued to trim hedges
Response
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information:
-Total number of complaints received regarding neighbours’ high hedges in the 2025 calendar year (Part 8 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003)
-Number of complaints received regarding neighbours’ high hedges that were rejected in the 2025 calendar year
-Total amount charged to investigate high hedge complaints in the 2025 calendar year
-Total number and total monetary value of fines issued in the 2025 calendar year due to a failure to act on a remedial notice issued to trim hedges
-Total number of complaints received regarding neighbours’ high hedges in the 2024 calendar year
-Number of complaints received regarding neighbours’ high hedges that were rejected in the 2024 calendar year
-Total amount charged to investigate high hedge complaints in the 2024 calendar year
-Total number and total monetary value of fines issued in the 2024 calendar year due to a failure to act on a remedial notice issued to trim hedges
-Total number of complaints received regarding neighbours’ high hedges in the 2023 calendar year
-Number of complaints received regarding neighbours’ high hedges that were rejected in the 2023 calendar year
-Total amount charged to investigate high hedge complaints in the 2023 calendar year
-Total number and total monetary value of fines issued in the 2023 calendar year due to a failure to act on a remedial notice issued to trim hedges
A: Please see response attached.
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