Tree Pres. order..advice.

littleboo

I did one recently and there was no charge. I did have the tree office out to discuss the work first and there was a charge for that, about £30

Chanes

We halted a house purchase because 3 trees on the property had a TPO! Though I was told a way of killing them which would look like root rot, there's no way I could do that. I am sure whoever bought it must have liked them, they are huge and they are still there.

parking_question_chap

Doozergirl wrote: »

It is an offence to top a tree with a TPO without permission and it will be you in trouble, not your neighbour.

Person in trouble will be the person that does works without permission, not the tree owner.

keith969

Or if you're a developer you do what one did on land next to where I used to live. Cut the trees down, then pay the fine of £5000. Peanuts when you are going to build 50 dwellings at an average of £300k a pop.

Biggles

They're only 50 years old? Why does he suspect they may suddenly fall - er, across a river? Aren't they healthy?

Better that you get him to pay a tree surgeon to check them over; he'll no doubt say they're fine and don't need anything doing. I hate to see decent trees lopped for no good reason.

tiggerkid

ipri wrote: »

I know that some of these trees have preservation orders ....will the council come to assess the situation and discuss / advise me before the deed is done?...any other advise / experiences gratefully accepted.

I had to remove a 40-year old giant redwood tree from our garden, which previous owners planted when they bought the house in the early 70s. Before we removed it, I simply wrote to our local council to check. They confirmed it wasn't protected by the TPO. It's a planning department in our council that confirmed it. They didn't need to come out. If you google the name of your council plus TPO, I am sure some information will come up. Alternatively, give them a call and they will probably guide you.

ipri

I have woke up with a new lease of life!!...I cant let the trees be butchered on his whim!...He has also approached the next property along...this means about 15/20 trees in all. Also a little suspicious about motives...he has solar panels.


I cant find a website that does not condemn "Topping" I am going to call local tree people at Council at 9am to discuss. Will keep you all informed.

Chrishazle

I have a large oak tree with a TPO on it in our back garden. 9 years ago I submitted a planning aplication to "crown reduce" and "lift" the tree to take growth away from the rear of the house and over the garage roof and increase the light in the garden. I specified that the work was to be done by the tree surgeon who had done the work 5 years earlier for the previous owner. Within a day of the application being received, the "tree lady" from our local planning department visited, and set out what could and could not be done. Planning consent was then granted. She did not visit after the work was done (unless she visited without my knowledge). 18 months ago I applied again, this time she did not visit, the application was granted straight away, and AFAIK she has not visited. On both occasions the "end result" was complimentary comments from our neighbours, some logs for our wood burner and the rest of the cut foliage removed by the tree surgeon.

There is no charge for the planning application.

tiggerkid

ipri wrote: »

I have woke up with a new lease of life!!...I cant let the trees be butchered on his whim!...He has also approached the next property along...this means about 15/20 trees in all. Also a little suspicious about motives...he has solar panels.


I cant find a website that does not condemn "Topping" I am going to call local tree people at Council at 9am to discuss. Will keep you all informed.

If the trees are not dangerous, i.e. at risk of falling due to some disease for example, and the wider neighbourhood doesn't want them removed, can he not just prune them rather than top them? A couple of my neighbours topped their trees and besides everything else, I have to say it does make them more unsightly because those trees lost their natural shape and now just look odd. Especially when there is no foliage on them, which would be good 5-6 months of the year.

paddy's_mum

ipri wrote: »

He has also approached the next property along...this means about 15/20 trees in all

My - he's going to be paying out a lot of money, isn't he?

He is going to have all the inadvertent/unavoidable damage done by the timber fellers, their truck and the dropped brushwood into HIS garden, isn't he?