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Tree preservation order - Tree has been cut down by previous owner
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doolallygal wrote: »Mojisola - Apparently it is the land owner who can get fined!
I thought that was only if the land owner had "caused or allowed" the tree to be cut down.0 -
It appears that the person who cuts the tree down, or 'caused or permitted' this is liable to be fined, but that the land owner can be made to replant.
http://www.eden.gov.uk/planning-and-development/trees/tree-preservation-orders-tpo/0 -
They "say" there are penalties, but when a neighbour destroyed 4 protected trees here the local council's response was that a fine/fines wouldn't bring the trees back. When I asked if they could be made to replace them with other mature trees (same type) the reply was that "they aren't likely to like being transplanted". So no penalty for them whatsoever.
We found 8 healthy saplings behind a fence in our garden and transplanted them (on our land, so if the tree haters strike again we can get them civilly instead
). They're doing really well, having only been transplanted a few feet. 
Trying to be a man is a waste of a woman0 -
I have cut 16 trees down in my garden So far and the council have yet to ask what i am doing....They only respond if you tip them off...It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.0 -
Ah, but did they have TPOs on them?
I can not remember..As we moved in three years ago..:eek: It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.0 -
Can you search your local planning bit on their website? It's possible that it has been felled with permission.1008 Hollywalk Park Blog0
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You'd be mad to volunteer information to the council. Their tree team will be deep green zealots, knit your own muesli types with compost toilets.0
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doolallygal wrote: »Mojisola - Apparently it is the land owner who can get fined!
Medway Council thinks it's the person who did the cutting
"What happens if I carry out work on a protected tree without permission?
Anyone who deliberately destroys a tree or damages it in a manner likely to destroy it could be fined up to £20,000 if convicted in the magistrates’ court."
http://www.medway.gov.uk/environmentandplanning/conservation/treemanagement/treepreservationorders/somequestionsabouttpos.aspx0 -
doolallygal wrote: »Mojisola - Apparently it is the land owner who can get fined!
As stated above, only if the land owner actually did the act, or caused someone else to do it, or allowed someone else to do it.
If the act was done without the knowledge, permission, request, or conduct of the land owner then the land owner cannot be convicted and thus fined.0
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