Local tree work causes controversy...

[richyrich]

 

[Mick Dempsey]

Looks like they were pruning/reducing gather than a mass fell.

[richyrich]

Not my work fortunately. They have a tpo but district council allowed the reduction stating statutory powers would overrule refusal- work was related to flight path to airfield. Issue was no road closure was applied for and birds nesting.

 

[daveatdave]

think she is quite well known in that area for her radical opinions 

[richyrich]

You shouldn't really tell the MEWP operator to drive forward when there is a pedestrian laying in front of it and the road has no official road closure authorised- all allegedly of course.

[Domino]

The best approach in these situations is diplomacy in the form of high level fibs.  For example tell them Chris Packham's done the habitat survey and signed it all off good to go, Sunak's reviewed the tree works application done a site visit and granted consent, and finally Thunberg coming along next week to plant a million standards in the field just over there sir/madam - works every time. 

[Jon Lad]

20 hours ago, Domino said:

The best approach in these situations is diplomacy in the form of high level fibs.  For example tell them Chris Packham's done the habitat survey and signed it all off good to go, Sunak's reviewed the tree works application done a site visit and granted consent, and finally Thunberg coming along next week to plant a million standards in the field just over there sir/madam - works every time. 

I had thought that was Chris Packham clinging to the machine. 🤔