Dying ash woodland and felling licences

[Gary Prentice]

2 hours ago, EdwardC said:

Revisit your pricing. Tree removal prices are rising due to ash dieback. The best companies are working for the larger organisations. The second tier companies will then move in to fill the vacuum the best leave behind, and white van types move in to pick up the lower end. All the time prices are rising due to the amount of work and shortage of good arborists. Anecdotal evidence suggests this is happening now in heavily indfected areas.

From the early reports of highway works in, I think, Devon and elsewhere I'm beginning to think that we're very under-prepared for the severity of this. I was reading the Tree Councils Action Plan and thought I'd see what Manchester had put in place. Absolutely nothing online apart from a early publication to aid identification of the disease. 

 

I think the public will delay removing infected trees, they will become very difficult to remove, every man and his dog will see an opportunity to earn a few bob felling ash and it'll end up as a clusterf*** that impact the industry for years because of accidents and insurance claims.

[Gary Prentice]

1 hour ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

 

Move the PRoW

I wondered that but don't know what's involved. TBH, from Big J's discription the path wants moving/shutting today.

[slack ma girdle]

Tilhill wales are blanket clear felling all Ash on all of there sites

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 hour ago, EdwardC said:

It's not as simple as just pointing the sign posts in a different direction. Not only would you have to create a new path, you'd have to extinguish the old one, and you could expect significant resistance to that.

s118 HWA makes allowance for relocation or extinguishing a PRoW. It’s not rocking horse science and it could be significantly less work / money / admin than the proposed clear fell. 

 

Its an option that could be viable and perhaps should be presented to the landowner - it’s just a case of flippin the telescope and looking at the problem differently. 

[Big J]

[Big J]

A few photos of the trees from today, to illustrate size, situation and dieback. 

 

185 trees or thereabouts. Some very large (4-5 cube), but most in the 1-2 cube range. Around 400 cube all in I think.

 

We'll get the felling licence done this evening, so anticipate removal in August. 

[devon TWiG]

to obtain the felling license do you also need a woodland management plan , wildlife survey and restocking agreement  etc etc ??

[Big J]

6 minutes ago, devon TWiG said:

to obtain the felling license do you also need a woodland management plan , wildlife survey and restocking agreement  etc etc ??

No woodland management plan required, or indeed wildlife survey (though precautions need to be taken, visual inspections before felling). Restocking is required though.

 

There is a woodland plan going in for the remaining 150 acres, but this ash strip is being done as a matter of urgency, so is being applied for separately.

[saintsman54]

On 14/06/2019 at 18:18, Big J said:

A few photos of the trees from today, to illustrate size, situation and dieback. 

 

185 trees or thereabouts. Some very large (4-5 cube), but most in the 1-2 cube range. Around 400 cube all in I think.

 

We'll get the felling licence done this evening, so anticipate removal in August. 

any Hurley potential in the sticks?

[The avantgardener]

On 13/06/2019 at 19:10, slasherscot said:

 

Eurodisney......rather listen to what the FC have to say........the only thing with felling all the ash..is that u may be felling healthy ash that have a resistance to the disease

 

Any of the trees that are resistant it would coppice and come back anyway wouldn’t they?