can they stop me?

[Khriss]

39 minutes ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

No money for ‘output’ but 6 figure salaried LA CEOs aplenty....

 

Yeah, tell me again why ‘there’s no money?’

Wot boiled my piss right out my ears was 12 Limes with root heave, hanging over Rail boundary,  LA put in new sports leisure center with Massive support funding - but wanted Limes done fr nowt. K

Edited November 27, 2020 by Khriss
( site relandscaping had big heizohack - tells you how much work they did ? )

[Mick Dempsey]

17 minutes ago, Khriss said:

Wot boiled my piss right out my ears was 12 Limes with root heave, hanging over Rail boundary,  LA put in new sports leisure center with Massive support funding - but wanted Limes done fr nowt. K

Yeah yeah, things are tough all over.

 

Good thread this, let’s stay on track svp.:)

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

5 minutes ago, Mick Dempsey said:

let’s stay on track svp.:)

As is the rigidly applied custom of AT ?

[Mick Dempsey]

I know Kevin but this one still has legs.

[TIMON]

I did a job a while back. Similar situation. Spoke to the TO and asked for permission to cut the offending limbs back to the stem (beyond the boundary) with decent cuts and in sympathy with the tree. Even offered to balance the crown round the other side of the tree to achieve a good result for everyone and the tree.
TO said “NO... just hack the branches back to the boundary. ‘cos’ that’s what the law says’.
It was a beech not TPO’d but owned by the council.

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, Mick Dempsey said:

Yeah yeah, things are tough all over.

 

Good thread this, let’s stay on track svp.:)

.... Wheres the fun in that ! K

[djbobbins]

If I was the homeowner I’d be furious, I think. We have a row of leylandii between the end of our close and the railway, on council land, massively overgrown and overshadowing the end house in particular. Can we get the council team to do anything about them (e.g. take 20 foot off the top and side them back)? Can we f... It took about three attempts to even get acknowledgement that it was adopted land. Fortunately I live five doors away so it’s not my specific issue, although I suspect it paints a picture of a general approach...

In the OP’s case, I’d love to say just get on, damn the consequences and do the right thing for the homeowner. What’s the worst that could happen - council tries to push for trespass, after the fact, because you’ve needed to access around the tree to do the work?

However, if you want to preserve a reputation, I thing hanging back, suggesting the homeowner lobby with relevant elected Parish / Town Councillors or a District or County Councillor or MP, saying they are at their wit’s end / it’s causing stress, don’t want to go to the press but feel there’s no other way of legitimately getting their concerns heard etc.

When this hopefully has had an effect and a better approach is in place (i.e. council agrees you can have access and prune sympathetically back to the boundary, or maybe even beyond to preserve shape of the tree with a reduced crown on that stem, then go and do the job with pride.

[Khriss]

4 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

As is the rigidly applied custom of AT ?

Dinner is served, nearly WineOclock too, so normal service will resume  ?   just spent day putting new cylinder on old Lister so i need a rest. K

Edited November 27, 2020 by Khriss
Hand crank one @Stubby, my poor wrist ?

[jose]

3 hours ago, djbobbins said:

If I was the homeowner I’d be furious, I think. We have a row of leylandii between the end of our close and the railway, on council land, massively overgrown and overshadowing the end house in particular. Can we get the council team to do anything about them (e.g. take 20 foot off the top and side them back)? Can we f... It took about three attempts to even get acknowledgement that it was adopted land. Fortunately I live five doors away so it’s not my specific issue, although I suspect it paints a picture of a general approach...

In the OP’s case, I’d love to say just get on, damn the consequences and do the right thing for the homeowner. What’s the worst that could happen - council tries to push for trespass, after the fact, because you’ve needed to access around the tree to do the work?

However, if you want to preserve a reputation, I thing hanging back, suggesting the homeowner lobby with relevant elected Parish / Town Councillors or a District or County Councillor or MP, saying they are at their wit’s end / it’s causing stress, don’t want to go to the press but feel there’s no other way of legitimately getting their concerns heard etc.

When this hopefully has had an effect and a better approach is in place (i.e. council agrees you can have access and prune sympathetically back to the boundary, or maybe even beyond to preserve shape of the tree with a reduced crown on that stem, then go and do the job with pride.

I hear you but i have a successful  business to run, family to feed, mortgage to pay. Am i going to potentially compromise or risk this ( took 20 years to get to this point) for a one off job? 

I do work for said council too. multiple times a year. Am i going to cut off this source of work? 

Afraid not.

I feel for the guy but its not my fight to go all out on. He is a grown man, home owner. So hes made educated choices in his life and would appear to be doing ok ( not cheap or easy to buy around here). So he can engage the services of a lawyer or other legal body or local councillor and go from there. 

Worlds a tough place and sometimes you have to pick battles. 

This one is not even close to the top of my list of things i am willing to give my energies to. Happy to give my advice and ask on his behalf a community that may know the answer but past that its down to him.

Life is tougher than some leaves and shade. 

But do keep the comments coming, always good to read them!

Cheers

 

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

3 hours ago, jose said:

I hear you but i have a successful  business to run, family to feed, mortgage to pay. Am i going to potentially compromise or risk this ( took 20 years to get to this point) for a one off job? 

I do work for said council too. multiple times a year. Am i going to cut off this source of work? 

Afraid not.

I feel for the guy but its not my fight to go all out on. He is a grown man, home owner. So hes made educated choices in his life and would appear to be doing ok ( not cheap or easy to buy around here). So he can engage the services of a lawyer or other legal body or local councillor and go from there. 

Worlds a tough place and sometimes you have to pick battles. 

This one is not even close to the top of my list of things i am willing to give my energies to. Happy to give my advice and ask on his behalf a community that may know the answer but past that its down to him.

Life is tougher than some leaves and shade. 

But do keep the comments coming, always good to read them!

Cheers

 

What I draw from your last post is:

 

(a) totally appreciate your position - not ‘big’ enough to get sucked in and jeopardise other work. 
 

but

 

(b) iffum yome already doing work (assumed therefore to be a professional, reputable, reliable sort) why would the LA question your ability to provide a suitable mutual outcome. (It’s late it’s Friday night and I’m a couple of glasses in but I don’t mean that to sound critical of you, it’s meant to be critical of the LA.)

 

Hope that makes sense. I might be able to phrase it differently tomorrow ?