Complaints re neighbours' high hedges
Case reference FOI2026/00507
Received 5 March 2026
Published 7 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
Please find the answers to your queries below:
|
|
Total number received |
Total rejected |
Amount charged |
Fine amounts |
|
2023 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
2024 |
3 (plus 1 non-compliance with notice) |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
2025 |
2 |
1 |
£636 |
0 |
The amount charged is 0 in rows 1 and 2 as the complaints received were rejected at validation stage and we return the fee in that scenario.
Yours sincerely,
FOI Team
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