Council has planted tree on my land.

There are many kinds of maple. One of mine is small and looks like a little green Mongolian yurt when in leaf; the other is taller (but won't ever be enormous) and has beautiful dark red leaves which turn brighter red in the autumn. A neighbour has a yellow-leaved one.

Do you not have a wall around your garden defining the boundary,in most area's the verge area is part of council land and they have the job of maintaining it,well that is how it works with our council,they have obviously not entered through a private gate to plant it have they ? trust it to be your land that they planted it on they should have gone next door really.

Hi annodomini

It is a maple tree and a neighbour has said it could grow a lot over the next 50 years.
It could certainly damage my drive and the roots could raise the pavement over time.
If I ignored it and if I wanted to put something else there in say 5 years time will the council take it away when it is established?.

Frank

Perhaps it a version of G andSs green grocer tree, but a social worker variant!
Imagine Frank being invaded by loads of baby social workers swarming all over him!

The cost of a tree wouldn't impinge on anyone's care - they are separate parts of the council's budget. I think it's generally agreed - in another thread - that trees are beautiful and life-enhancing. Do you know what kind of tree it is, Frank? Is it going to grow into a giant? Or is it a small to medium kind of tree? Do you even know or care? Or are you just offended no matter what?

nanaej, would you really not object if council workers came into your garden while you were out, dug a big hole and planted a tree which you didn't want? What if they'd installed a dog-poo bin? Or a bus stop....

How true Naneaj .

simly =simply

nonu

I am truly glad some of the posters on this thread are not my immediate neighbours!! I'd be too scared to do anything in case it incurred a writ or simly their ire!

I agree with you Frank. It's important that they acknowledge their mistake and acknowledge the land is yours.

You can then be magnanimous and offer to save the tax payer money by keeping the tree - if it's a nice one and you like it.

That's mean!

Of course they will pay the £200 rent you propose to charge . It just stands to sense .

If not, it will give you a little interest , to persue it through the courts .

All quite good fun really , await the outcome . sure you will appraise us of it.

I agree, jingl! They'd probably be along to pollard it every year as well...

An Englishman's home............. and all that.

Ger orf my land!!!!!

p.s cost the council more to come and remove it,do a good deed.. save taxpayers money and let the tree stay!

I would have it out before you could blink an eyelid.

Trees are proven to enhance the quality of living..so someone's care may have been improved by trees..I would not want to live in a barren concrete environment!

I would be absolutely outraged if the council, or anyone selse, planted a tree in my garden without my say-so!

Goodness this is not a really awful situation is it? No-one was injured or died!
!
OK so maybe a mistake has happened but keep calm and enjoy the tree until they remove it! No lawyer would be able to get you compensation as there is really no case to answer!

Do you not like trees HunterF or will it block a view /light? In the latter 2 cases I can see why you object..otherwise I would be happy.

Hi bluebell

This will cost the council tax payer money which could have been spent on somebody's care.

Frank

Why don"t you want it ? Trees are beautiful . Think of all the people in years to come who are going to get great pleasure from it .

Don"t be lugubrious Frank , not an attractive quality .

But why be horrid about it? Just live with it until they come and dig it up. They could recycle it perhaps if its dug up properly - it's not a deliberate act against you ( unless the tree planter is married to a social worker!) Fair enough to have the turf put back but how lovely to have a council that plants trees. So don't stand on your rights, be nice and accept innocent mistakes happen .

I have heard of this happening before.
When I lived in London the council took a car away and scrapped it when they thought it had been abandoned on council land.
The council said the car was worthless and the car owner said he had recently spent £3,000 on it.
I don't know what happened as far as compensation was concerned.

Frank

If you are positive it is your land (check your deeds?) then you would be within your rights to dig it up, tell the council you have done so, and tell them to collect it. Be careful not to damage it.

And be totally sure it is your land and not the council's.

Very unusual for a council to do anything like this.