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Hedges

We make sure hedges are maintained by stepping in when landowners fail to keep them in order.

It is the responsibility of the landowner to keep hedges on their land trimmed so they do not overhang the road or interfere with road users' visibility.

We ask landowners to sort the problem out within 14 days but after that period will carry out the work ourselves and send the landowner the bill.

Our powers are limited to dealing with roadside hedges and we do not cut hedges not on the roadside.

However, we will look into all incidents reported to us.

You can help by keeping your hedges trimmed so they do not overhang the road or interfere with visibility.

For more information download our service standards:

To report an overgrown hedge contact our Streets and Open Spaces team.