Need help with Tree Identification / classification

[Stubby]

7 hours ago, GeddyMort said:

They’re mine, I was asking about special care for my own obligation to look after them.

 

i was asking about a protection order should i run into any issues with neighbors in the future. Two of their properties are up for sale and who knows what the new owners views may be. Just wondering what my options were with regards to that. I’d obviously like them to stay. I love them!
 

On that note, if they’re deciduous can anyone else even complain about them height wise? 

 

You could just ask your local tree officer to put a TPO on them . He may if he feels they have sufficient amenity value he may not if he thinks they don't . 

[GeddyMort]

On 28/08/2024 at 06:42, Stubby said:

You could just ask your local tree officer to put a TPO on them . He may if he feels they have sufficient amenity value he may not if he thinks they don't . 

How would I go about that? is that part of my local council or a separate body?

and if they are indeed deciduous do I even need to TPO them? I'd read somewhere your council would never take the view of cutting down a deciduous tree if a neighbour complained etc? or is that down to discretion of the local authority?

[AHPP]

Why on earth do you want your property encumbered by regulation? Would you go looking to get an ASBO and an ankle tag curfew because they're on offer too?

[Stubby]

3 hours ago, GeddyMort said:

How would I go about that? is that part of my local council or a separate body?

and if they are indeed deciduous do I even need to TPO them? I'd read somewhere your council would never take the view of cutting down a deciduous tree if a neighbour complained etc? or is that down to discretion of the local authority?

It is irrelevant if they are deciduous or coniferous . Any tree can have a TPO if the tree officer deems it worthy . Yes he is part of your local council .  

[GeddyMort]

3 hours ago, AHPP said:

Why on earth do you want your property encumbered by regulation? Would you go looking to get an ASBO and an ankle tag curfew because they're on offer too?

if it means no one can make a decision to have them cut down and we lose the wild-life... (and to be fair, some privacy!) from our garden. I'd be happy of the encumbrance.

I didn't think the rest was a fair comparison.

[AHPP]

With a TPO, they can still be pruned (without your approval) to abate a nuisance (ie if overhanging into next door). Besides that, it'll be your choice to not cut them down for as long as you own them. And when you move and no longer own them, why would you want the future owners encumbered?

Edited August 31 by AHPP

[GeddyMort]

Yeah that's fair, I wouldnt want a future owner to be encumbered. But we've bought the house outright and it will stay in the family now. 

RE: overhanging, im fine with that. What i'd want to avoid though is an order for them to be entirely cut down for the reasons above, hence putting something in place to prevent that from happening.

 

 

[AHPP]

Any such order would override the TPO. Also infinitesimally unlikely to happen. Step away from the forms and enjoy your trees. 

[GeddyMort]

Is it that unlikely? I'm cautious of other stories ive read online of neighbours forcing them to be cut down.

I can appreciate anything overhanging their side to be lobbed off, ofcourse. But worried about any such order to have the trees entirely cut down to 2M height or whatever. That sounds horrible! and would want to prevent at all costs. For the reasons above. 

[AHPP]

A TPO wouldn't stop that.