Restrictive covenant - shed

adonis10

sheramber wrote: »

One of the council areas I stayed in had a tree preservation order on 'all trees' in the area.

You needed permission to trim them of cut them down.

Fair enough. Will look into it. However, we have very strong winds these days, who knows it may just blow down next winter.

glasgowdan

What size of tree are you talking about here? It's unusual for immature trees to have TPOs on them. indeed, TPOs are relatively rare in the big picture, most trees aren't under them.

eddddy

adonis10 wrote: »

Fair enough. Will look into it. However, we have very strong winds these days, who knows it may just blow down next winter.

Yep - that route is definitely worth a try.

After all, what's the worst that can happen...?

Axed tree costs man record £125,000

A POOLE auctioneer is facing the biggest fine of its kind ever seen after getting a family friend to cut down a protected tree in the middle of the night.
...
He was fined £75,000 at Bournemouth Crown Court yesterday, with an additional £50,000 to make sure he doesn't ever profit from the increased value of his property.

Link: http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/10068984.Axed_tree_costs_man_record___125_000/

elsien

Just to put it in perspective, parent's house had a restrictive covenant that no business could be run from the premises.
She discovered this 5 years after she set up a business in the property. (Her solicitor was clearly less on the ball than yours.)
She took out insurance at that point, but it was never an issue. The beneficiaries were long gone. It's possibly more of a problem with new builds rather than older properties because there's more likely to be someone around to try to enforce it.

adonis10

eddddy wrote: »

Yep - that route is definitely worth a try.

After all, what's the worst that can happen...?

Christ.

Starting to wonder why there is such a fuss about owning a house; it's essentially a large money drain.

moneyistooshorttomention

Well - having to pay rent on your home is an even bigger money drain.

Add that a landlord could have a say about something as basic as what plant you have in your garden/how the house is decorated/etc. Many of us like to "express our personality" in the way we get our homes together (shudders at thought of having to put up with the old-fashioned stuff my current house had when I bought it - and unable to replace because it was a landlords!).

adonis10

How would we find out if there is a tree preservation order? Presumably this information would come from our solicitor, or is it something we will have to find out?

jimbog

adonis10 wrote: »

How would we find out if there is a tree preservation order? Presumably this information would come from our solicitor, or is it something we will have to find out?

Try your council website - mine has a list of them

TheGardener

adonis10 wrote: »

How would we find out if there is a tree preservation order? Presumably this information would come from our solicitor, or is it something we will have to find out?

If there isn't a list on your local council website - then speak to the duty planning officer at the council - the planning team usually have the register. It isn't that common to have TPOs. The are usually old trees, sometimes they have a small metal disk attached to the trunk with a number on it. The other form of TPO is not about individual trees but about all trees with in a defined conservation area.
Its pretty easy to check - if its not covered by a TPO or a conservation area - you can remove it.
The only word of caution I would offer is that trees take up a phenomenal amount of water - if the tree is a large one, when it's gone it may take a while for the water table in your garden to adjust, especially if you live near a brook, stream, bottom of a hill etc.

Dan-Dan

Go steady regards tree`s though , TPO or no , if one is close to the house you might want to get an expert to help you advise the best way to treat it , you could cause problems to the house foundations ripping it out