Planting next to a Fence

Hi

We have just had a newly fitted fence erected on our side of the boundary line of our garden.

The garden (our land) measures 37m to the boundary line, in accordance with the land registry docs. Our fence has been erected at 36.50m.

Since the fence has been erected the neighbour has removed the existing boundary line of tree stumps at the back of the fence and planted new shrubs at approx 36.75m from the back of our house.

Our neighbour has planted new Pyracanthas 5 cm from the bottom of our fence, and although at the back of the fence this technical still within the 37m line of the land our side of the boundary.

We just don’t want the fence to get damaged over time as the shrubs grow. Could anyone advise a good distance to plant such shrubs away from the fence please?
Any advice would be great.
Thanks

 

Hi There
Thanks for the reply.

Yes the reason for putting the fence on our side is that there were some trees on the boundary line, which were reduced to stumps. The neighbour hasn't really been very the most helpful and had caused an initial boundary dispute as originally he had put a fence on the other side of the trees, therefore we always believed the trees were ours. After having the area measured by the land reg, and paying quite alot of money out for other tree work to be done. We found out that the line of trees that were reduced to stumps were actually the boundary, therefore, we decided to compromise with the neighbour and put the fence on our side, leaving the old boundary in place. We didn't want this to go any further at the time and saw this as the best option all around. This also means the fence ours. The neighbour then decided to have the very large tree stumps removed, (without speaking to us), this was just after we had and the fence fitted and he dug very large holes under the fence and around the posts. This has now been filled in, thankfully. However the new shrubs are very close to the fence (5cm).

We do feel that the new shrubs are not on the correct boundary position though and also that they could cause some damage to the fence over time.

We didn't put the fence up the create the boundary and always made it clear to the neighbour that this was going to be on our land. As he has removed the stumps and any existence of the boundary line, we are little stuck as to what to do next.

Any advice or ideas would be great.

Thanks again

 

I agree with JWK, move the fence onto the boundary line given that you know where it is. It'll save hassle in the long run even if it costs you now. Of course you'll have to tell your neighbour to move his shrubs, but he shouldn't have planted them so close in the first place.