Getting rid of fallen leaves from council trees

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Our house borders on a public green area, with some trees bordering our back wall. This means that in October and November, I spend a hour most weekends gathering up the fallen leaves in our garden. I don't mind the time involved or the cost of the black bags, but I do mind having to pay Dun Laoghaire Rathdown €5 to disposing of the green waste each week.

I have a vague recollection that the owner of a tree is responsible for branches which fall or are cut down by a neighbour. Are the council responsible for the waste that falls from their trees?
 
PaddyBloggit said:
Why not send them back over the wall?
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I'm not sure it would be in our interests to have a large pile of rotting vegitation at our back wall, in terms of what vermin that might attract. Also, it would be physically near impossible to do this, given the height of the wall and the amount of bushes on our side growing right up to the wall. There really is no clear access to be able to be pouring bags of leaves over.

Also, it just seems a bit anti-socia.
 
Complainer said:
Our house borders on a public green area, with some trees bordering our back wall. This means that in October and November, I spend a hour most weekends gathering up the fallen leaves in our garden. I don't mind the time involved or the cost of the black bags, but I do mind having to pay Dun Laoghaire Rathdown €5 to disposing of the green waste each week.

I have a vague recollection that the owner of a tree is responsible for branches which fall or are cut down by a neighbour. Are the council responsible for the waste that falls from their trees?
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Make leaf-mould out of them and get soil conditioner for your garden for free.
 
Did you ever think of moving address to somewhere more suitable ?? Nice apartments on the 18th.Floor in Peckham, South London. No leaves there -- just Fools and Horses !!
 
Nelson Mandela House now features a roof garden and due to (lack of) council cut-backs the shrubbery beside the car-park is now taller than the flats. Also as NAMA now have the deeds to most of Sahrf London, rents are going to be prohibitive. :(
 
Diziet said:
Make leaf-mould out of them and get soil conditioner for your garden for free.
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Thanks for the suggestion, but the volume is just too big. I'm collecting 2-3 full black bags each week for 2-3 months. I'd need a 2nd garden to store all these for the 2 years necessary to produce leaf mould.
 
mathepac said:
Nelson Mandela House now features a roof garden and due to (lack of) council cut-backs the shrubbery beside the car-park is now taller than the flats. Also as NAMA now have the deeds to most of Sahrf London, rents are going to be prohibitive. :(
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Very good, I needed a good tin bath today! :D
 
Hi Complainer. Were you able to resolve this? Did you approach your local council about it?
 
Complainer, contact your council & see if they can provide bags & a pick up location and you'll do the pick up. I don't know if they will, given that the leaves are in your garden, but it's worth a try
 
We bought a blower that also has a vaccum attachment which will chop the leaves as they go into the bag, thus making them alot smaller for compost/disposal. The leaves would need to be fairly dry to use the vaccum more easily. A half hour job each weekend now instead of a few hours.
 
I think that it probably worthwhile approaching the council about this. Read about the problem that this person had in the link provided. Light pollution wouldn’t bother a lot of people, and I don't think it it is a typical complaint. However it did annoy this person due to his hobby. Fair play to the council for attending to it.

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I wonder if the leaves blowing into your back garden amount to a nuisance (as legally defined).
 
I cant see anyone in the council taking your complaint seriously, so i would suggest that every week you bring your 2-3 bags full down to the nearest park and drop them of at the depot with a note taped on explaining your situation. I wouldnt hang around to talk to anyone beacuse you'd proabably be told where to put your leaves. Or you could constantly complain to the council untill they relent and cut the trees down just so you'll leave them in peace.
 
NHG said:
We bought a blower that also has a vaccum attachment which will chop the leaves as they go into the bag, thus making them alot smaller for compost/disposal. The leaves would need to be fairly dry to use the vaccum more easily. A half hour job each weekend now instead of a few hours.
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Thanks, but extra costs are pretty much out of the question at the minute.

Tomodinhio said:
I cant see anyone in the council taking your complaint seriously, so i would suggest that every week you bring your 2-3 bags full down to the nearest park and drop them of at the depot with a note taped on explaining your situation. I wouldnt hang around to talk to anyone beacuse you'd proabably be told where to put your leaves. Or you could constantly complain to the council untill they relent and cut the trees down just so you'll leave them in peace.
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Interesting suggestions here. Part of my quandry is that we really don't want them to cut down the trees!
 
Tomodinhio said:
I cant see anyone in the council taking your complaint seriously, so i would suggest that every week you bring your 2-3 bags full down to the nearest park and drop them of at the depot with a note taped on explaining your situation. I wouldnt hang around to talk to anyone beacuse you'd proabably be told where to put your leaves. Or you could constantly complain to the council untill they relent and cut the trees down just so you'll leave them in peace.
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Not a good idea, registration numbers caught on camera and all that type of stuff.
 
We have the same problem into our front garden. Dun Laoghaire Rathdown CC do a road sweep in our estate every few weeks. We are asked to sweep all leaves out onto the road each weekend and not to park cars on the road on the day they are coming (residents association provides dates they are due to road sweep). Maybe ring the CC and explain the problem...they may have a solution.
 
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