Council issues two notices to Hull resident after overgrown hedge sparks safety concerns
Hull City Council has issued two notice to a resident about an overgrown hedge.
The overgrown greenery has reached the height of the second floor of a house at the corner of Park Road and Park Grove in the city. It has sparked safety concerns for local residents who have said pedestrians are having to walk in the road because the hedge encroaches over the pavement.
A spokesperson for Hull City Council said: “The resident was issued a notice under Section 154 of the Highways Act 1980, which requires them to cut back the vegetation. The notice was issued on August 8.”
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The council spokesperson said a second notice had now been issued dated September 12. Under the conditions of the notice, the recipient has 28 days to comply.
The Park Road and Park Grove corner is at a junction that also intersects with Cave Street, which one resident, who has lived in the area for 11 years, said was "very busy". He said the hedge had not been cut "for years" and posed a danger.
The man, who asked not to be named, said: “The hedge was reported in 2019 and it did get cut back then. Since that time, it has just grown and grown.
“I got in touch with a local councillor in June to highlight the hazard. It’s been months now and nothing has got done.”
The resident said: “If two people are approaching that corner at the same time, one has to go into the road; you can’t get past because of how the hedge is. It is on the main junction that hundreds of children who attend Pearson Primary School use.
“I worry about the safety of the children and about people with prams or in wheelchairs. How are they meant to pass this? If the hedge grows any more it will be up to the roof of the house.”
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The relevant section of the act under which the notice has been served says: “Where a hedge, tree or shrub overhangs a highway or any other road or footpath to which the public has access so as to endanger or obstruct the passage of vehicles or pedestrians, or obstructs or interferes with the view of drivers of vehicles or the light from a public lamp, a competent authority may, by notice either to the owner of the hedge, tree or shrub or to the occupier of the land on which it is growing, require him within 28 days from the date of service of the notice so to lop or cut it as to remove the cause of the danger, obstruction or interference.”