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Sarah Hilley

Glasgow trees 'blocking light from garden' spared chop - as they are not a hedge

A group of trees set for the chop after a resident complained they blocked light to her garden have been spared - after the Scottish Government ruled it could not be considered a 'high hedge'.

Glasgow City Council had ordered the trees in Ruchill to be cut to three metres following concerns from a local resident.

But the Scottish Government has now overturned that decision - saying the council’s high hedge notice is to be ‘quashed’ - as the trees 'do not constitute a hedge'.

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