By Bryony Jewell For Mailonline
Published: 15:36 GMT, 8 February 2019 | Updated: 15:36 GMT, 8 February 2019
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A couple have been ordered to chop down their 40ft trees after a neighbour complained they stopped her washing from drying and blocked out the sunshine.
Michael and Val Pace have been locked in a battle with Carol Kilpatrick over mature trees that separate their properties.
The row centres on an area in the Pace's garden in Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, where a number of lime, horse chesnut and conifer trees sit.
The dispute has seen attempts to reach an amicable settlement between the neighbours fail and officials intervene.
Michael and Val Pace have been ordered to cut their 40ft trees in Helensburgh, Scotland, to no more than 6ft. Pictured are the trees from the Paces' side
Miss Kilpatrick turned to Argyll and Bute Council to force Mr and Mrs Pace to take action after she claimed the trees left her garden in darkness.
Council officials backed her and ordered the trees be cut to a maximum height of 6ft.
Mr and Mrs Pace have now turned to the Scottish Government in a bid to halt the action which they say will result in the trees resembling 'Easter Island' statues if reduced in size.
In a letter to the government, they said: 'The area in question is a
