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Hedges - how close to boundaries?


Cassis

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When we first moved in we thought it a bit odd that all the hedges around our land (nice hedges - mixed deciduous) were almost 2 metres away from the boundary, which looks onto farmland for the most part.  We thought maybe it was so the owners could walk behind if they needed cutting back (though was is little sign of this having been done on a regular basis).  But is it perhaps because there is a law requiring hedges to be a certain distance from property limits?

Phil

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http://nature.jardin.free.fr/plantation_reglementation.html

As you would expect in France there are rules the key ones being

En l'absence de réglementations locales ou d'usage
- une distance minimale de 0.50 m, de la limite séparatrice pour les plantations (dites de basses tiges) ne dépassant pas 2m.
- une distance de 2 m minimum de la ligne séparatrice pour les arbres (dits de haute tige) destinés à dépasser 2 m de hauteur.
- La distance se mesure à partir du milieu du tronc de l'arbre.
- La hauteur se mesure à partir du niveau du sol où est planté l'arbre, jusqu'à la pointe.

 

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