I think the potential of this new measure has been surely blunted by the City Council imposing this level of fee. I believe this will be a real barrier to many folk involving the Council in resolving a prolonged neighbour dispute about overly high hedges.
I know that some of my long suffering constituents had been looking forward to this Act coming into force. For these folk, a high hedge on their boundary really intrudes into their lives by cutting out direct sunlight in their homes and gardens. I am sure these constituents will feel the Council has been unsympathetic setting their fee so high. I am concerned that will be an insurmountable hurdle for constituents pursuing a dispute which typically they have had to suffer for many years.
If Angus Council can fix their fee at £275, I am mystified why Dundee has imposed such a relatively high charge.
