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I couldn't help but notice the op hasn't bream back.

those hands have been all over the plaice

A brill is a fish . I'm a dab hand at it 🙂

Basal flares suggest individual trees.

The boundary shoudn't fundamentally affect the Council's decision. It is the tree that is TPO'd not the land. It is it's importance to the amenity of the area that matters, regardless of where the boundary beneath it is. That said, if the tree is encroaching into a neighbouring property and is a 'legal 'nuisance' i.e. doing damage or preventing reasonable use of the encraoched land, it can be cut back without Council permission, but only enough to prevent or abate the nuisance. If it's a lesser situation than that, like ALL TPO appications the applicant HAS to give reasons for the work. You haven't said if he has done this or what the reasons are. But as others have said, if the neighbour has no right to the land over which it is suposedly encroaching he has no right ot cut it whether it has TPO consent or not.

You can apply for work on a tpo ed tree that’s not yours. It’s no big deal, if you don’t own it you can’t do it.

I wonder if your neighbour fully realises what they are getting into, disputes between neighbours are one thing, making false declarations to the authorities can be viewed very seriously indeed 🤔

you never came back with a fish Stubby? are you beginning to flounder.

Brill !

Surely if you inform them of the dispute over the boundary position and provide them with any correspondence and professional survey reports the council will/ should delay their decision. And it also could mean that the TPO’d tree doesn’t require trimming after all?

wildlife cameras work fine, a clear picture night and day, however they are easily spotted and taken too, if obvious they are aligned on the fuel tank, a system whereby a number of cameras filming each other can work as they rarely look for more once they think they have the one that captures their actions. the problem is the image will only show the individuals committing the theft and no detail as they will be wearing facemasks, or hoodies pulled over faces, and they don't look anywhere but down, so id is almost certainly impossible. have a covert look around, see if you can find any signs of a parked vehicle, even a little spillage from the stolen diesel, try placing a trail cam in that area, you may get an image before they cover up, and possibly a vehicle number, at the least you might find out who is cheating in the village, I did! confrontation is not an advisable option unless you don't have a problem taking a life over a tank of diesel,, and a lengthy court case as Tony Martin discovered. they will certainly not want to get caught, and may not care about stabbing you, and leaving you to bleed out. you may think all this somewhat dramatic,, but rather that than reading here you were found one morning. I heard one fella thought he had found a deterrent, used a fuel bowser, filled the tractor and other machinery from it, end of the day pumped any surplus back in the bowser and took it home, evidence showed they visited and never got any diesel, two nights later they came and again got no diesel, they took the batteries, filled the cabs with straw and lit it up. bloke gave up , moved to Canada with his entire family, said he'd rather risk living with bears and wolves.

Something odd about using these batteries in the heat .today back to normal with run times but still fairly warm

What a sod! Have used the tractor a little recently so had put some in.... only put a good bit in on Friday and done over the weekend. Bastards Need to get sorted on this so does anyone know if these wild life cameras are OK on clarity wise of picture or am I pissing into the wind?

Rescued from neighbours scrap bin.

Any chance of a photo? For context and species etc.

Bought the book, thank you, it will keep me entertained much longer than it takes to read.

Thank you. The boundary has already been marked with pegs but my neighbour won't accept it. I'm worried the Council will let him cut the tree.

The dispute is with the boundary really which you both need to agree on. Once that is agreed anything hanging over his side he will be entitled to cut if the council agree.

Hello everyone, I hope this is being posted in the correct forum. My neighbour has applied to the Council to cut back my tree which he says is overhanging the boundary but the boundary is in the wrong place as confirmed by a RICS boundary surveyor recently. Tree has TPO. I've objected under the application but I'm worried the Council won't consider boundaries. He's 3 metres onto my garden. Any advice greatly appreciated.

Oh, the old school Stihl all round protection were horrendous. I bought a pair of the first stretch airs when they came out. Mainly because they did them with a 7cm longer leg. They fitted me Like a pair of jeans. Pretty light and comfortable and no where near as hot as the old Stihl blue with orange stripe or black with orange stripe. So I just got on with it and wore them. Once you get used to them then it isn’t a bother IMO. I have lost count of how many pairs I have had. But not worn any other brand since.

It looks like individual trees, other than the fact that it is a totally illogical planting pattern. I’m going with a single tree and raised soil level

Me neither ,I'll just perch here for awhile.

True . Not a plaice I wanna be .

cant give you a definitive answer I'm afraid, but the photo reminds me of the massive stand of Thuja plicata that is present on the private estate I live on, I cant photo the actual tree but it's well over 80' tall and probably as wide, it is said it was planted as 2-3 separate trees and allowed to grow into what it is today, various generations of the current owners have explored and played withing the labyrinth of trunks it has made over the many,many years it has been there. this photo is not the tree in question as that location is to remain private at the owners request, but a much smaller example.

Back in 95, when I did my 10 weeker at Merrist Wood we had to wear all round protection trousers. There were two types, Blue and Green. They were like instruments of torture, especially as it was June/July. As soon as I left and started for a firm that didn’t enforce any PPE (including helmets) I eschewed the trousers and wore jeans. It was only around the turn of the century when I subbed for a firm that insisted that I revisited them and found newer, lighter more comfortable sorts.