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Marie Sharp & Sarah Vesty

Scots homeowner ordered to trim bush by 3cm after row breaks out between neighbours

A Scots homeowner has been ordered to trim their bush by just 3cm after a row broke out between neighbours. The residents in Gullane, East Lothian, were unable to agree over how much to chop off the Leylandi hedge, which spans the back of their gardens.

One homeowner, who lives in Muirfield Park, asked East Lothian Council to issue a High Hedge Notice on his neighbours after claiming repeated requests to them to cut down the hedge were ignored.

But while the council this week agreed to issue the notice requiring the owners to maintain the hedge, they introduced a maximum height of 4.34 metres, Edinburgh Live reports.

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