THE PARTY WALL ACT

 

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Royal Arms Party Wall etc. Act 1996

1996 Chapter 40
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The text of this Internet version of the Act is published by the Queen's Printer of Acts of Parliament and has been prepared to reflect the text as it received Royal Assent. A print version is also available and is published by The Stationery Office Limited as the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 , ISBN 0 10 544096 5.
 
 
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Construction and repair of walls on line of junction
Section  
1. New building on line of junction.
2. Repair etc. of party wall: rights of owner.
3. Party structure notices.
4. Counter notices.
5. Disputes arising under sections 3 and 4.

Adjacent excavation and construction
6. Adjacent excavation and construction.

Rights etc.
7. Compensation etc.
8. Rights of entry.
9. Easements.

Resolution of disputes
10. Resolution of disputes.

Expenses
11. Expenses.
12. Security for expenses.
13. Account for work carried out.
14. Settlement of account.

Miscellaneous
15. Service of notices etc.
16. Offences.
17. Recovery of sums.
18. Exception in case of Temples etc.
19. The Crown.
20. Interpretation.
21. Other statutory provisions.

General
22. Short title, commencement and extent.

 

 

Peter and June Townley allowed this to happen to their evergreens to cause loss of light to a neighbour

 

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR - The legal height for a row of evergreens like this is two meters. You can see from the six foot fencing panel on the right that the height of these trees is more like fourteen feet. Russell Pike trimmed these trees to just over 12 feet in 2012. When asked why he had not cut them to the correct legal height, he replied that he thought twelve feet was the legal height under the Antisocial Behaviour Act 2003. If you check this out on any Government website you will see that it is 6 feet 6 inches or two meters. These trees are unlawful, they belonged to Peter and June Townley at the time of making application WD/2016/0809/F, that invoked the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 as part of the conditions attaching to conversion of garages and other buildings to a granny annex.

 

 

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