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A thirty year row between two neighbours over 40ft trees is to be settled by the government.
James and Fiona Campbell insist their lives are being made a misery by a hedge owned by Eamonn O'Connell and Brenda Holohan.
The trees separate their rural properties near the village of Kemnay, Aberdeenshire.
The Campbells' claim the trees cause a 'substantial barrier' to light reaching their home and garden.
They had turned to Aberdeenshire Council under high hedge laws in a bid to have them lopped.
But they were left frustrated when officials declined to issue a high hedge notice and said the trees could stay.
The Campbells' have now appealed the ruling to the Scottish government.
Planning documents show the Campbells' first contacted their nei