hedge trimming

[Revolution]

Does anyone know if there is a legal requirement for land owners or their contractors to clear up the debris they leave when decimating hedges?

I'm assuming that if I mowed my lawn and then dumped great mounds of grass on the main road it would lead to court action.

[Jdsk]

Five pages, including the legislation and a Code of Practice:
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Jonathan

[Revolution]

Thanks Jdsk.
I report this section of cycle path to North Somerset Council every year but I will do so this time armed with that info.
Cheers

[PT1029]

Looking at the surface, the path (esp the pedestrian side) needs the long term accumilated debris/moss/vegetation clearing off the tarmac surface (technically know as "siding out"). The last hedge cut is just the icing on the cake!
It might be worth going back to see where the actual edge of the tarmac is vs the current edge, and take a photo of how far back the original edge is from the exiting edge.
Might be worth stating the current width/original tarmac width vs LTN 1/20 recommended widths.
Probably better to push the active travel and/or pedestrian aspect, you'll probably get a better hearing ("bloody cyclists" and all that....).
All a bit of a faff, but I try to remove the wriggle room when I report it, not after they have replied.
If you get no joy, involve you local councillor(s), and also see what the council policies are on promoting green travel.
It is probably the council that is the highway authority (probably your county council, but these things do vary).

[cycle tramp]

Does anyone know if there is a legal requirement for land owners or their contractors to clear up the debris they leave when decimating hedges?IMG_3220.jpg
I'm assuming that if I mowed my lawn and then dumped great mounds of grass on the main road it would lead to court action.

If it's an adopted path by North Somerset Council, I would also find the contact details for both their health and safety team as well as their legal and insurance team, to let them know that this is a potential claim situation

[pwa]

My guess would be that the tractor operator was sent out alone, and with plenty to do. It is probably a funding issue, with the team of grounds maintenance operatives reduced to one to save money. There ought to be at least one person following the tractor and clearing up as it goes along. I see things like this all the time, with maintenance not done, or done badly, because there is too little money to do it properly. Yesterday, out walking with the dog, I found a Public Footpath had a notice beside it, which said "Path closed due to dangerous style at other end". The word "style" was a mis-spelling, which made me all the more determined to ignore that clearly unauthorised closure of a public right of way. This was on land forming part of the Margam Park estate, run by the local authority. The stile was indeed in a bad way, but the answer to that ought to have been to get someone to spend an hour fixing it, rather than to design, print, laminate and install an illegal closure sign. But bringing this back to the matter in hand, path and track maintenance is being neglected even more than it was a few years ago.

[VinceLedge]

." But bringing this back to the matter in hand, path and track maintenance is being neglected even more than it was a few years ago "
Not really surprising with budgets cuts in councils, they may respond to the number of complaints about particular paths.

[Revolution]

letter sent to local councillor. - I will post any update when it happens.
Worth mentioning that the hedge trimming has not been done by the council - the hedge around the field has been trimmed so its definitely the farmer / contractor.

[pwa]

letter sent to local councillor. - I will post any update when it happens.
Worth mentioning that the hedge trimming has not been done by the council - the hedge around the field has been trimmed so its definitely the farmer / contractor.

Worth a call to the farmer if you can get the number.

[Barrowman]

I have posted on this subject before on an old account.
I consider all hedge clippings left in the road or on paths as Litter. Quite simple really, it is just poor to cut hedges with an industrial lawnmower and not sweep up afterwards. (You can get a device that will whisk the cuttings into a following trailer but that costs money)

The Litter legislation I remember (paraphrasing) is ' Deposits ( ???)in the open air ,in into or from the public area anything leading to the detriment of the area ( this is heavy paraphrasing) . Be worth looking it up as I studied this 45 years ago so the details recalled might be sketchy.

Try getting your garden rubbish and dump it in the town centre . See how well that goes down .
Same principle .