Christmas Cracker : BS 5837 Trees in relation to design, demolition and construction – Code of Practice Revision Consultation

[monkeybusiness]

10 minutes ago, Liquidambar said:

Thanks. Please could I ask - Do you think a tree survey should list all trees in the survey area individually rather than listing some only as groups of trees not individually identified ? 

Not really, no.
Groups and woodlands can be identified as such (with any important trees individually identified where necessary) as that is how they are relevant from a planning/landscape perspective. They are given retention values as a group and this information should be sufficient to help steer decisions as to the suitability of the proposed development.

Surveying every single tree would add immense costs and would do nothing other than generate mountains of totally irrelevant data. 
We already have a planning system that forces ridiculous overbearing demands on developers, giving various consultant firms a licence to print money. 

[GarethM]

As this has been rattling on since January 23.

 

If you're so incensed, why not actually employ someone in the know or buy the care home site.

[Liquidambar]

Thanks Gareth  - would a survey listing all trees cost a lot more than listing some of them as groups of trees ?

[GarethM]

2 minutes ago, Liquidambar said:

Thanks Gareth  - would a survey listing all trees cost a lot more than listing some of them as groups of trees ?

Erm, what do you think?.

 

They are NOT going to detail everything on a plan, as per monkeybuisnsss it's not practical or for lack of a better word realistic.

 

It's this overzealous paperwork bs that means with are a nation of do nothing for fear of harming a bloody tree. They'll no doubt be mitigation conditions for tree planting and shrub, now called ecological benefit.

[Liquidambar]

Why isn't it realistic to list all the trees inspected on a site if you inspect all the trees on a site anyway - where does the extra cost come in?

[richyrich]

16 hours ago, Liquidambar said:

Why isn't it realistic to list all the trees inspected on a site if you inspect all the trees on a site anyway - where does the extra cost come in?

Time involved