The council has apologised
A council has apologised after a employee hacked down a part of a person’s backyard – as a result of the vegetation ‘made his home look derelict’. Andrew Wheatley, 60, was shocked when he obtained a message from his neighbour asking why he was eliminating his ivy.
Andrew, of Brighton, went to test exterior and located a council worker had completed hacking away and was sweeping it up. Andrew stated the employee advised him the authority had obtained complaints from neighbours concerning the foliage and it was ‘making his home look derelict’.
Brighton and Hove Metropolis Council admits it was ‘wrongly’ reduce by the employee after it obtained a request for ‘weed administration within the space’. Mr Wheatley stated the council ‘reduce the principle stem’ of the ivy and it has died in every single place now.
He stated: “My neighbour despatched me a textual content saying ‘why are you eliminating your ivy?’ and I stated I wasn’t eliminating it . I noticed this council man and he stated ‘we’ve got obtained complaints from neighbours about it and it’s making the place look derelict’.
“At this level he had chopped all of it down and it was simply sweeping up and clearing it into his bin. There was no level going at him as a result of he was simply being advised what to do.
”I used to be actually aggravated. There was no session. The council ought to have gotten in contact with me earlier than they did something.
“It simply annoys me that they will go and do no matter they need – it’s successfully legal harm. We used to get bees nesting in there and snails, so that they killed quite a lot of bugs after they did it as properly.”
A Brighton and Hove Council spokesperson stated: “Sadly it appears a well-meaning member of our avenue cleansing group did certainly take away this ivy.
“We had obtained a request for normal weed administration on this space and on this event considered one of our group visited the road to hold out crucial work and discovering solely the ivy, wrongly took it to be one thing which wanted chopping again.
“This was an error finished with the very best intentions, however we recognize the upset it has brought on the proprietor and apologise for this error.”
Mr Wheatley stated that the ivy had been there since they moved over 10 years in the past.
He stated: “It grew down the aspect of my neighbour’s driveway. He’s actually aggravated as a result of now it has died off, so he has needed to clear all of it up.”
