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Can You Sell Wood From a Fallen Tree in your own Garden?

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  • twopenny
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    Agree with Veteran. I was surprised a birch would have a TPO.
    But yes, if it has a TPO and you can find out online, get in touch with the relevant officer with those photos and your dogs stoood by the hole in the fence  :) The TPO could get you quicker response.
    I would phone and say you are emailing with the photos. If you can get the response in writing that's best.

    I remember this who's property is it discussion.
    I used to have a massive amount of leaves from council trees in my garden and obstructing the path outside which led to a school. I was all for hovering them up and composting them but then it turned into 'they're council property you can't' and the fact the council didn't want to know. It was actually on the radio from someone else in the same situation.


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  • FreeBear
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    That's a very tall (and thin) silver birch! Are you sure it has a TPO on it? I though trunk needed to be more substantial than that.
    The diameter of the trunk has no bearing on a TPO - There are a few small Silver Birch trees at the end of my road. Probably 20 years old at most, all with TPOs on them. Also pass a couple of Maple trees each day that were planted <5 years ago. They had a TPO slapped on them as soon as they got stuck in the ground.
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  • As the fence is damaged won't your dog escape ? Needs fixing pronto. If they can't do it pay and send them the bill but......give them the chance to do it in the next few days first!
  • roxy48
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    As the fence is damaged won't your dog escape ? Needs fixing pronto. If they can't do it pay and send them the bill but......give them the chance to do it in the next few days first!
    Thanks, as with all these things it's getting any sort of response from them.  They have logged the on-line enquiry and are passing details to their Engineers (who are anyway busy on emergency highway stuff) and Tree people who she said may want to visit.  She wouldn't give me any names or contact numbers, but promised top get back to me, "just as soon as possible" while giving me no idea as to when that might be..  

  • roxy48
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    twopenny said:
    Agree with Veteran. I was surprised a birch would have a TPO. But yes, if it has a TPO and you can find out online, get in touch with the relevant officer with those photos and your dogs stoood by the hole in the fence  :) The TPO could get you quicker response.
    I would phone and say you are emailing with the photos. If you can get the response in writing that's best.

    I remember this who's property is it discussion.I used to have a massive amount of leaves from council trees in my garden and obstructing the path outside which led to a school. I was all for hovering them up and composting them but then it turned into 'they're council property you can't' and the fact the council didn't want to know. It was actually on the radio from someone else in the same situation.




    It definitely has a TPO, but I don't know how to get in touch with the relevant officer.  There was a name and I found a number but it just goes to voicemail.

    Thanks



  • roxy48
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    eddddy said:
    roxy48 said:

    Silver birch landed in my garden! It's Council owned (well on verge of public road & outside my property) with a TPO. I've reported to Council highways response expected in 2 weeks! 

    As it has a TPO, I'd contact the district council Tree Officer.

    Maybe send some photos of where it's uprooted or snapped. In theory, they might want to check that it really was felled by storm damage - and not felled by you or a neighbour (e.g. because it was an annoyance), and you're using the storm as a 'cover story'.

    I suspect the Tree Officer will also have direct contact with the relevant people at Highways, as well as contacts with contractors who would clear this kind of thing.

    TBH, I'd have thought there was also a way of contacting Highways urgently (and/or in an emergency) - I managed to when a large broken branch was balancing precariously on phone wires above a busy road. 


    But I suspect that both the Tree Officer and Highways are super busy today, because of the storm.


    Thanks; it's easy to contact highways to report the incident (and I have since spoken to them, they will get back to me) but not so easy to contact the Tree officer at district council.  There is a telephone number that just goes to email, but no email address.

    Cheers

  • roxy48
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    That's a very tall (and thin) silver birch! Are you sure it has a TPO on it? I though trunk needed to be more substantial than that.

    Yes, approx 70 foot high, 3 foot diameter at base.  We've lived here 30 years but the TPO came in 2007 so it was a lot smaller then.

  • Dustyevsky
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    roxy48 said:
    That's a very tall (and thin) silver birch! Are you sure it has a TPO on it? I though trunk needed to be more substantial than that.

    Yes, approx 70 foot high, 3 foot diameter at base.  We've lived here 30 years but the TPO came in 2007 so it was a lot smaller then.

    Good of you to reply to a post questioning a fact you presented at the outset, along with a picture anyone with a sense of scale should be able to interpret. o:)


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  • roxy48
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    roxy48 said:
    That's a very tall (and thin) silver birch! Are you sure it has a TPO on it? I though trunk needed to be more substantial than that.

    Yes, approx 70 foot high, 3 foot diameter at base.  We've lived here 30 years but the TPO came in 2007 so it was a lot smaller then.

    Good of you to reply to a post questioning a fact you presented at the outset, along with a picture anyone with a sense of scale should be able to interpret. o:)


    I really value this forum. I have used it a number of times for advice and do try to reply to anyone that takes the trouble to engage. I guess not everyone picks up all the info. 

    Many thanks to you too, but we are still struggling to get any helpful response from County Council highways (hants) or via voicemail to the tree officers. I do understand that this is busy time for them, but it would be nice to get tree removed before Christmas and most importantly scurr the garden/replace the fence panels.

    Thanks for your interest 🙂 👍

  • twopenny
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    Have you got the name of the tree officers?
    Or official department and address?

    A piece of paper with the information and photos, why you need it delt with or permission to go ahead with mending the fence lands if physically on their desk for viewing where the voicemail and such can be ignored.
    If they still don't get back, at least to say they will deal at earliest opportunity, it at least gives you some proof of informing them so it's not all left indefinitely.

    I can't see a hole in the fence from your photo. Is this leaving you vulnerable to intruders?

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