Dropped kerb planning rejected due to RPA

[openspaceman]

14 minutes ago, Chris at eden said:

I remember years ago a resident getting a ticket for obstructing her own dropped kerb. Someone had complained to the council and they issued a ticket. Apparently she used to complain to the police about people parking outside her house on the school run. I’m guessing they were getting their own back. Apparently it’s not that uncommon or so I was told by highways. 

I understand that and bye-laws may be different elsewhere but in my street with only houses on one side many of the parking laws are ignored, such as not facing the correct way at night and parking opposite the splay of a joining road, all without penatly AFAIK, and yes visitors to my house do park at my dropped kerb if no other spaces available.

[Mark Bolam]

Don’t waste your money.

Just live with it and enjoy your front garden that your neighbours don’t have.

 

 

[Khriss]

Might also mention we are getting rid of cars soon 😉  buy a bike! ( obvs am not going to guess yr age or abilities btw) k

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

1 hour ago, Khriss said:

Might also mention we are getting rid of cars soon 😉  buy a bike! ( obvs am not going to guess yr age or abilities btw) k

There ya go!

 

Solutions rather than problems 😂

 

Far from being an “anti LA” Arbtalk TO bashing thread (which hasn’t actually happened (bar 1 Alex - shame on you) other than in the minds of those that see it where it doesn’t exist) what the thread has shown is a desperate lack of innovation and radical thinking to arrive at potential SOLUTIONS for the OP rather that simply regurgitating stale old reasons why things “can’t” be done in a fashion which could actually IMPROVE the rooting environment. 
 

Yes, the ground and the tree(s) are ‘owned’ by somebody else....

 

Yes, it would take a refreshingly open minded approach to suggest solutions and provide a sound justification case....

 

Yes, there would be costs involved and only  the OP can do the cost benefit analysis....

 

Potential SOLUTIONS:

 

- Shut up and enjoy your garden 

- Get a bike

- Get a 4x4 and just blast up the kerb

- Prove where / if the roots are, offer an engineering solution which protects roots, improves growing medium and provides bridging IF roots even exist within the existing metalled surface. 
 

 

 

 

Edited December 19, 2021 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[john87]

All this is all very well, but where i live there are loads of conservation areas where you cannot even touch your OWN trees.. This does not stop the council from doing away with literally HUNDREDS of them when it suits THEIR purposes though.

 

One rule for one, another rule for them..

 

john..

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

29 minutes ago, john87 said:

All this is all very well, but where i live there are loads of conservation areas where you cannot even touch your OWN trees.. This does not stop the council from doing away with literally HUNDREDS of them when it suits THEIR purposes though.

 

One rule for one, another rule for them..

 

john..

This response just highlights a lack of understanding of why and what a CA represents and how one (properly) manages tree(s) within one. 
 

 

[Khriss]

Thankyou Kev, i have offered AND used all those noted solutions 😆. From my point of view, careful enquiry often reveals  whether yr gonna win or fail on this. K

[Chris at eden]

2 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

 

 

Potential SOLUTIONS:

 

- Shut up and enjoy your garden 

- Get a bike

- Get a 4x4 and just blast up the kerb

- Prove where / if the roots are, offer an engineering solution which protects roots, improves growing medium and provides bridging IF roots even exist within the existing metalled surface. 
 

 

 

 

Problem with is though Kev is that the first two are not solutions and the third is illegal.  The forth probably won’t work.  The council are not going to let you airspade out the footway and if they did you will probably find roots pretty shallow.  You can’t use cellweb or bridging solutions in a public footway as they don’t meet adoptable standards and will probably end up being ripped out by the utility company at some point.  Mind you, you can probably say the same about the roots.  I’m all for finding solutions but I probably wouldn’t take this on as a job as I couldn’t guarantee  it’s achievable so I wouldn’t want to waste people’s time. 
 

[Chris at eden]

P.s. it can be done with root bridge most likely but the council won’t allow that as its relatively new and a bit experimental. Not to mention expensive. 
 

[john87]

2 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

This response just highlights a lack of understanding of why and what a CA represents and how one (properly) manages tree(s) within one. 
 

 

Got to hear the explanation for this then... "my" tree, [assuming i had one] is protected, but the council can cut down LOADS of perfectly healthy ones, presumably because they did not like sweeping the leaves up.. How is that right?? Could i cut down a protected tree becuase i did not like leaves???

 

john..