Let there be light (From Gazette Series)

Let there be light

I WAS rather shocked to read (Gazette, May 27) that the "victims" rather than the "perpetrator" of the act of growing a hedge, which cut out all light from a neighbour's home and garden, should be the one having to pay the charge for the council to enforce the law.

A much simpler procedure would be for the council to send a letter to the perpetrators informing them that they , the council, are aware and have received a complaint that they are growing a hedge clearly over the allowed height, that they have so many weeks to sort it out to comply with new regulations and that, should more action be taken by the council for this particular hedge, they, the perpetrators, will be charged the sum of £xxx plus hedge cutting fee.

Beatrice Legay Springhill Cam