TPO felling

[richyrich]

Man fined after six 100-year-old trees were illegally felled outside £700,000 house

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A MAN has been fined after admitting responsibility for felling of six protected oak trees, each...

 

[Mick Dempsey]

7 minutes ago, richyrich said:

Man fined after six 100-year-old trees were illegally felled outside £700,000 house

WWW.THETELEGRAPHANDARGUS.CO.UK

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A MAN has been fined after admitting responsibility for felling of six protected oak trees, each...

 

Should have doubled the fine for the terrible hairpiece. 

Edited October 13 by Mick Dempsey

[GarethM]

And you're surprised?.

 

Wasn't there a case somewhere where the fine was sizable, this probably barely even covered the cost of the court lighting let alone the actual case.

[richyrich]

I'd always been told that the actual tree firm was responsible/ liable and not the owner - I'd thought it was unfair. Obviously I'd been told incorrectly.

[Mark Bolam]

£277 fine for felling each mature oak.

 

That will certainly send out a strong message.

[GarethM]

Whilst they are under your direction, you're responsible, within reason obviously.

 

You could argue due diligence etc etc.

[GarethM]

Plus you also have to question wtf was happening for two years as he slowly took them down.

 

I can fart in a direction and the council would be here in the morning.

[peds]

1 hour ago, Mark Bolam said:

£277 fine for felling each mature oak.

 

That will certainly send out a strong message.

 

It certainly does!

 

The article quotes someone saying another 40 years' life expectancy on each 100 year old oak... what exactly were they planning to do to them in 2060?