Patches
Well-Known Member
We have a huge farm track that has long since been classified a permissive bridleway and by way for traffic accessing a colour business close to the top of it, as well as a few small holdings/converted farms along the way. It marks the end of our land, but is also on our deeds as belonging to the farm, but we have to maintain that right of way for others.
It's fenced with post, wire and rails embedded into a very thick, very tall hedgeway.
Phone call from a friend this morning asking if that's our land as there's cows on the track and a huge hole in the fence. She said two guys from the Colour premises are standing guard to stop them coming the 1/2 mile to the road. When we arrive, there's no men to be seen but the stock are back in the field.
However, the reason for the problem is glaringly obvious. The company has taken it upon themselves to cut the hedge right back to about 30cms depth with a hedge cutter. I assume they've done it for a passing place on the "single vehicle track" for their lorries (it's a bone of contention with the residents that this company was allowed to start up and travel such huge lorries and containers along this track and our lanes many times a day). The whole hedge has been decimated. It all needs re-fencing as they've cut it back so far they've actually cut through the wire in many places and chopped off the rails.
They pulled this stunt two years ago and we complained then. They didn't cut it back like this though, they just cut it in the middle of summer, which is not permitted. We risked a fine or the loss of our SFP due to breaching cross compliances.
FURIOUS!
It's fenced with post, wire and rails embedded into a very thick, very tall hedgeway.
Phone call from a friend this morning asking if that's our land as there's cows on the track and a huge hole in the fence. She said two guys from the Colour premises are standing guard to stop them coming the 1/2 mile to the road. When we arrive, there's no men to be seen but the stock are back in the field.
However, the reason for the problem is glaringly obvious. The company has taken it upon themselves to cut the hedge right back to about 30cms depth with a hedge cutter. I assume they've done it for a passing place on the "single vehicle track" for their lorries (it's a bone of contention with the residents that this company was allowed to start up and travel such huge lorries and containers along this track and our lanes many times a day). The whole hedge has been decimated. It all needs re-fencing as they've cut it back so far they've actually cut through the wire in many places and chopped off the rails.
They pulled this stunt two years ago and we complained then. They didn't cut it back like this though, they just cut it in the middle of summer, which is not permitted. We risked a fine or the loss of our SFP due to breaching cross compliances.
FURIOUS!
