#12869
struggler
Flatchatter

    Anything about trees is subject to each individual councils rules and regulations.  I don't think there would be a limit to height.  Our complex is surrounded by trees – some three or four storeys high! 

    Perhaps you could go the damage route.  Approach your council re overhanging branches?  Dropped leaves causing a slip hazard?  Lack of light resulting in damp? The roots of the trees – potential for causing damage to foundations/plumbing?

    We have had residents in our complex approach our council themselves then bring the council permission to the EC/OC for their consideration.

    Don't know if the EC/OC have to clear things up (branches etc) but I know if it were my place on the market, I would do a bit of raking and sweeping myself.   And don't forget, having trees around can be a plus – especially when one is living in a built up area.