TPO advice

[tree77]

Hi all

Could you give me a little advice please.

I have a customer who has a group TPO which states the number of trees and species in the group, the trees can be clearly identified, am i right in assuming the small/younger  trees of the same species wouldn't be covered by the TPO within the marked area?

 

Also TPO which created 1999 but recent changes means that the group TPO is split over 3 different owners plus 3 trees have previously been removed but no record or update to the TPO, is it just  case of speaking to the local authority with these issues?

 

Any help would be much appreciated 

 

Thanks

Tree

[Gary Prentice]

You're right, group TPOs usually identify x no of particular species and x number of whatever species. 

 

So it's those trees of whatever species present at the time the order was made. It gets difficult when, say, there are four beech present of a similar age and the order says three - which ones were intended to be covered?

 

If you can positively identify which trees are which, you can safely assume that younger/smaller trees were either not present or were not intended to be included in the order.

 

Be a bit careful bringing TPO contraventions to the LAs attention, your client might not be impressed as prosecutions can still be started for, I think, seven years after the contravention. LAs can use historical imagery like google earth for evidence to date the offence. 

 

 

[tree77]

Thanks Gary,

 

Yeh, luckily the client has only just purchased so the removed trees would of been by the previous owner which would of been the NHS.

 

I'm I right that I need to submit a TPO application to remove epicormic growth?

 

[Gary Prentice]

5 minutes ago, tree77 said:

I'm I right that I need to submit a TPO application to remove epicormic growth?

You're correct.

[tree77]

Thanks again Gary, been  while since i been involved with tpos.

 

Many thanks 

Tree