Tree felling boundary line

no they can do what they want, its on their side. all you can do is plant trees on your side, but theres maintenence involved for you then.

Here are the rules for cutting down trees without a felling licence. If it doesn't meet these criteria the felling was illegal, only problem is that it'll be long time before any new trees provide privacy.

Felling of trees - exempted trees

Here are some common scenarios where trees can be felled without the need to submit a tree felling licence application under Section 19 of the Forestry Act, 2014:

A tree in an urban area. An urban area is an area that comprised a city, town or borough specified in Part 2 of Schedule 5 and in Schedule 6 of the Local Government Act 2001 before the enactment of the Local Government Reform Act 2014.

A tree within 30 metres of a building (other than a wall or temporary structure), but excluding any building built after the trees were planted.

A tree less than five years of age that came about through natural regeneration and removed from a field as part of the normal maintenance of agricultural land (but not where the tree is standing in a hedgerow).

A tree uprooted in a nursery for the purpose of transplantation.

A tree of the willow or poplar species planted and maintained solely for fuel under a short rotation coppice.

Trees outside a forest – within 10 metres of a public road and which, in the opinion of the owner (being an opinion formed on reasonable grounds), is dangerous to persons using the public road on account of its age or condition.

Trees outside a forest – the removal of which is specified in a grant of planning permission.

Trees outside a forest – of the hawthorn or blackthorn species.

Trees outside a forest – in a hedgerow and felled for the purposes of its trimming, provided that the tree does not exceed 20 centimetres in diameter when measured 1.3 metres from the ground.

• It does not form part of a decorative avenue or ring of treesIts volume does not exceed 3 cubic metres, andThat the removal of it, by the owner for the foregoing purpose, when taken together with the removal of other such trees by the owner for that purpose, would not result in the total volume of trees, on that holding and removed by the owner for that purpose, exceeds 15 cubic metres in any period of 12 months.

This exemption does not apply in the case of a tree:

Within the curtilage or attendant grounds of a protected structure under Chapter 1 of Part IV of the Planning and Development Act of 2000 (Act of 2000)

Within an area subject to a special amenity area order

Within a landscape conservation area under section 204 of the Act of 2000

That is more than 150 years old;

• A monument or place recorded under section 12 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994A historic monument or archaeological area entered in the Register of Historic Monuments under section 5 of the National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1987A national monument in the ownership or guardianship of the Minister for the Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 1994A European Site or a Natural Heritage Area within the meaning of Regulation 2(1) of the European Communities (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011 (S.I. No. 477 of 2011)

https://www.teagasc.ie/crops/forestry/advice/general-topics/felling-of-trees---legal-requirements/#d.en.59882

the big question…. What sort of trees were they? Deciduous or the dreaded evergreen leylandii ?

The trees are theirs, not yours. Plant trees on your side if you want trees. I'm sure there's a perfectly valid reason why the school went to the bother and expense of cutting the trees.

Why on earth would they notify anybody

Well in fairness, the courteous thing would be to say it to a direct neighbour.

When we moved into our house we ended up cutting down evergreen trees on our side of a wall, we let the neighbour know that we planned to do it ahead of time and that we planned to put a fence up instead. Ended up actually being a nice ice breaker as we get on well with them now.

I don't know what the ops response would be, can't imagine it would have been positive, but there might have been some more understanding to why etc. (upkeep was too expensive, roots were causing issue, was an insurance concern, don't like the look of them, whatever other reason)

I just don't see an issue giving someone a heads up that your about to make a change. I'm not saying they needed to get ops permission, they can do what they like. But I'm sure they didn't wake up one day and decide to take down the trees

If privacy is a concern for the op, the op could have started the ball rolling on getting a fence put in if they had advanced notice. I probably wouldn't enjoy having a school yard looking directly into my back garden unobstructed either.

With the current state of things there is probably a bad relationship at least from the ops side to the school now and it could have potentially been avoided with a heads up

Apt username given that you seem to be living in dreamland 🙄

MYW I know exactly how you feel I had the same experience in my previous house and it was one of the reasons we moved but in my case it was easier to move as we were downsizing. At the moment we are well protected , but one never knows as previous posters have said if the trees are not in your land you have little or no power to influence what decisions your neighbours make. As i said i know how you feel. One morning I left to go to town when I came returned i was met with a bomb site trees and ditches all removed . Mrs Sliabh and myself just stood there and gaped at the the scene. The fact that there was such privacy was one of the reasons we bought the house in the first place.

Funny …. my brother has the opposite problem with huge trees in an adjoining property seriously reducing the light in his house! Not a lot he can do!

They are a school not a neighbour. It’s not the same.

You have no right to privacy. Being notified would made no difference other than you potentially trying to stop them. Be responsible for your own privacy.

A lot of trees that are chopped down, could be transplanted. You'd pay over a grand for a small tree in a nursery , a mature tree thousands.

No. no they don’t.

I wonder if the BOM/Principal knows the OP or has had previous dealings and knew informing them would be a pain so just didn't (not that they have any obligation or duty to anyway).

Sure, today is the second best day to plant a tree you need!