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Originally Posted by TickTock
March to September!!!!! There are lots of people cut their hedges during these months. Can that really be right? Also, can I get arrested for doing it?!!! Crikey!
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Those are the rules for "hedgecutting" on roads or farmland ... the likes of gorse, whitethorn etc etc ... thought those were the types of hedges you were referring to?
I saw a case in the local paper only this week where a farmer and the contractor he got to cut the hedges on his farm in April last year were taken to court. The farmer was fined but the contractor wasn't so they do take it seriously.
I'd doubt anyone would take a case for anyone cutting hedges in their own garden though unless it was pretty serious butchering.
On another note - the new landowner opposite my house literally butchered ALL the hedging and trees in a large field on February 28th last week! ... Poor birds and looks awful!