Local guides
No generic hedging blog posts. These are the rules, species choices and clifftop-coast quirks that actually apply to Broadstairs, St Peter's and the Thanet coast — written by someone who works here.
Rules & paperwork
Broadstairs CA, St Peter's CA and Reading Street CA — what falls inside, what the 75mm rule actually catches, and the £20,000-per-tree fine that gets contractors in trouble.
Read the guidePlanting
Escallonia, Olearia, holm oak, yew — what to plant where, and the two myths (Griselinia bulletproof; yew hates the coast) that get plantings wrong.
Read the guideWildlife & the law
If your hedge sits above Stone Bay, Joss Bay, Kingsgate or the North Foreland, there are Red-Listed herring gulls next door. What that changes about when and how you cut.
Read the guideMore on the way
Part 8 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 in Broadstairs: TDC's £650 fee, what triggers it, and how the Gladstone Road four-floor terraces regularly push the 2m limit. Coming soon.