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MatzoTov posted...

If they can't fine you or penalize you in any other way then tell them to fuck off or just don't respond. At least until the neighbors come talk to you like adults.

The council is governed by the law and has significantly more power over you than a HOA as far as I acn make out, but it's just a matter of whether anybody could be bothered to action it.

With this particular incident, what I suspect happened is this:

1. Neighbour disliked our hedge maintenance as a matter of preference
2. They knew that this is a shit argument so they complained about it being a safety risk
3. Council didn't bother to investigate and just sent a strongly worded letter telling us it was a safety risk

We are currently writing back to the council to inform them of what really happened, because the distance between the hedge and the road was over 3 metres.