Man wins battle with neighbours over 47ft trees 'ruining his family's life'
dailyrecord.co.ukA man who claimed his neighbour's 47ft trees were blocking light to his solar panels has won a fight to have them chopped down.
Philip Kenyon said his family's lives were being made a misery by trees owned by Murray and Morag Wright in Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire.Kenyon claimed the trees towered over his property and blocked light to his garden and kept sunlight away from his kitchen and sun lounge.
He also said the trees were causing a 20 percent reduction in solar yield from panels he has installed on his roof. The Wrights insisted the trees offered them privacy at their home and reduced noise from a nearby railway and motorway.Kenyon turned to Dumfries and Galloway Council under high hedge laws in a bid to have them lopped.
But the council rejected the move after carrying out inspections at his property. Kenyon appealed the decision to the Scottish Government.
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