A tree obscuring a satellite dish - illegal in Poland?

One of my neighbor's trees has grown too tall for my satelite dish to work. Is there a law in Poland whereaby he is obliged to cut it back for my sat to work? Thank you for any advice.

@Kasper2025

Have you considered that it may be easier to move the dish, than to move the tree?

Absolutely. Actually the situation is the reverse. He wants me to cut down my thuya for his dish to keep on working. I had a similar situation on my dish side, and I simply had my dish pole extended up to fix the issue. But this guy wants to take an easy path and get me to cut the tree back. This obviously can be done, but it would be a cost to me. He threatened me with some law that I am obliged to cut down my tree on that grounds, rather then move his dish. Hence my question.

The way you had written your original post - it was exactly the reverse of what you had just said.

Well done.


I'm not Polish. I don't live in Poland. I have zero familiarity with Polish law... but this seems strange on some fundamental juridical level.

It's hard for me to imagine, why there may be such a law in existence on a national level.

Instead, your neighbor may be referring to some local level laws, or maybe even ordinances written by your local homeowners association.

Ok. Appreciate your help, Bobko

My advice, plus 10 zloty - will buy you a cup of coffee.

You need permission from the gmina to chop down trees or even to prune them back if they are over a certain type. You can't just chop them down because you feel like it

Even if you agree to do that then you should make your neighbor pay both for the tree surgeon and pay you some for your hassle.

In the past, it was enough to ask the bums from the beer stand and for half a liter of vodka the tree would break "by itself".

In the countryside you can basically do as you please

But in town, unless you are golden with all your neighbors, someone will snitch

Last time I did this it took about two weeks to get permission

...or he's simply bluffing and trying to slightly intimidate his neighbor with potential legal misunderstandings. I'm 90% sure it's a bluff and will end after you ask him to submit his complaints in writing, citing specific legal provisions.

I have agreed for him to trim down my thuya from 6m to 5m himself, provided he cleans up the mess on my side. Before he does I am going to ask at Gmina if its OK to cut it back. Also curious, since this is fairly high up and he wants to use a basic ladder, what is the insurance liability " on me" in case he falls off the ladder. I say this because I once tried to climb that high myself and didn't like what I saw looking down

If "thuya" is the same thing as "туя", or "white cedar" .... then this is a sh*t tree.

I would never cry over a 6 meter thuya.

If we were discussing some Tien Shan pine, or old and mighty oak - I would get upset.

You can have a whole row of tall thuyas in 5-6 years.

Poles have a bigger problem than a tree obscuring a TV antenna.

Something obscures the logical side of their brains.

The tree will grow back to 6ft and then what? The permanent solution would be to have him call the dish provider and say the signal is poor. They would come and will most likely move the dish up or do some other trick. It's not your responsibility to cut the tree or allow him to do it.

He should be happy his TV doesnt work - nothing but crap on it, and tell his neighbor to F-off and mind his own business.

Tell him to cut it down himself and when he falls youll call the ambulance for him:)