Reduction Pruning

[Alex O]

Hmm any elaboration on that?

Recently had a application denied on the reduction of two oaks around 40ft to reduce all over buy 2-2&1/2 meters where possible. Customer was concerned as both Trees’s overlap a few gardens and was trying to be a good neighbour. The application was rejected because the TO believed it will make reduction points brittle, I personally didn’t think that a 15-20% reduction could do such a thing. First time I’ve ever heard this, it’s not like I’m gonna be lumping big holes out the tree leaving oversized pruning cuts, anything getting reduced by 15-20% will be done buy a silky. Tried getting hold of the TO to understand her reasoning why and maybe learn something new but yet to establish contact.

[Mark Bolam]

Reducing a 40’ oak by 2.5m all over wouldn’t be a 15-20% reduction though, would it?

[Alex O]

Reducing a 40’ oak by 2.5m all over wouldn’t be a 15-20% reduction though, would it?

Probably not now you’ve mentioned it. But you get the just of what I was trying to explain not the height/size but the TO thinking on the matter.

[benedmonds]

1 hour ago, Alex O said:

Recently had a application denied on the reduction of two oaks around 40ft to reduce all over buy 2-2&1/2 meters where possible. Customer was concerned as both Trees’s overlap a few gardens and was trying to be a good neighbour. The application was rejected because the TO believed it will make reduction points brittle..

Appeal it..  Some of the pins inspectors are not anti reductions...

[Mick Dempsey]

I recall on here a few years back there was a tree officer in Yorkshire (maybe) not allowing any reductions at all. 

 

What happened there?

[bigtreedon]

I recall on here a few years back there was a tree officer in Yorkshire (maybe) not allowing any reductions at all. 
 
What happened there?

Harrogate council Mick that's there policy [emoji849]

[Mick Dempsey]

You local to there Don? Any observations/comments?

[Mark Bolam]

Don is probably the reason they banned them!

[bigtreedon]

You local to there Don? Any observations/comments?

I do work in Harrogate a fair bit I hear from contractors that I work that put applications in that they are very awkward to deal with and that supposedly they will not approve any reduction work how accurate this is i can't say because I have never put a application in to reduce a tree

[Mark Bolam]

1 hour ago, Alex O said:

Probably not now you’ve mentioned it. But you get the just of what I was trying to explain not the height/size but the TO thinking on the matter.

That wasn’t a pop btw mate, just maybe thinking how the TO sees it.

There doesn’t seem to be a lot of consistency.

Sometimes it’s No. No. No. No. Muller it.