2 non shite questions for our experts

[Father Ted]

1)

How do I go about claiming a patch of land under the adverse possession rule that I have been using exclusively for the last 16 years and is fenced off for me? I could do with getting the boundary on the land registry entry altered to show this patch of land is mine (not mahoosive - just 15 foot by 3 foot).

 

2)

I have a christmas tree growing merrily in the garden (one of those cheap B&Q jobbies that cost a fiver at crimbo and they say wont grow if planted out) its now 12 foot tall which is a nice height thank you very much. Is there anything I can put on it to slow the growth down so it doesnt go too loopy?

[chaseracer]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverse_possession

[STUNO]

Back in the future

Father Ted's family try to save "Teds Tree" from the developers

[Father Ted]

Hmm, no its actually the process of adverse possession that I want to know about - has anyone gone through it?

What paperwork is needed?

[Cavcraft]

Aren't Christmas tress like Leylandii, in that if you cut the top off they bush out rather than grow taller?

[Milford Cubicle]

If it's a spruce like most Christmas trees (spiky needles that drop on your floor) you can 'top' it and it won't bush out like a leylandii

[pogweasel]

Urgh.

Boundary faffing boils my piss.

 

Fuck all cash in it for the effort you always finish up having to put into them while folk squabble over (as little as) 4 inches.

[Father Ted]

It is the spruce spiky needle variety.

 

http://www.landreg.gov.uk/assets/librar ... s/ADV1.pdf

Complex

Perhaps I should just keep my gob shut and hope the council dont notice.

[Rusty Pelican]

Did the same with a crimbo tree , one of those pot grown jobbys ,You chop the top off as I did , although mine eventually grew not one but two new tops in a V shape , ive loped them off now , maybe three tops next year then

[Milford Cubicle]

It is the spruce spiky needle variety.

 

http://www.landreg.gov.uk/assets/librar ... s/ADV1.pdf

Complex

Perhaps I should just keep my gob shut and hope the council dont notice.

Just cut it off right above a clump of branches at whatever height you desire.

[Father Ted]

Its a bit complex Pog - my garden is supposed to have part of an access road going through it (my house was originally a different design then the original developer went bust and another cheaper design was dropped in its place on the plot. Weirdly the plot was never altered for the land registry).

 

So, garden doesnt resemble plans - there is no road running through it and my drive way comes out somewhere else (which pleases my neighbours as he has more room to park his cars).

 

So for the last umpty years the road (15 foot x 3 foot strip) has been lawned, and for the last 16 years its been fenced off to make a very nice garden.

 

So what to do - keep mum and just live with it or try and get the red line moved and lose the road off my plans once and for all.

[pogweasel]

I would be inclined just to leave it 'as is' for now.

Any attempt to reinstate a highway across it would require revised planning, in which case you would receive notification. That's the point where you need to get into adverse possesion.

[Father Ted]

Fairy nuff. Cheers for that Pog.

 

Out with the loppers on the tree tomorrow then.....

[Cavcraft]

Urgh.

Boundary faffing boils my piss.

 

Fuck all cash in it for the effort you always finish up having to put into them while folk squabble over (as little as) 4 inches.

You've talked to my missus then?

[Mr Lobster]

So what to do - keep mum and just live with it or try and get the red line moved and lose the road off my plans once and for all.

Unless you are intending to move house, I'd keep quiet tbh.