felling licence?

[armchairarborist]

Hi i have a client who owns a non tpo'd small woodland, not in a conservation area or anything, he wants the lot clearfelled inc a couple of mature trees, approx 200 trees in total, does he need a felling licence for this? i got one before from the forestry commission but that was for a tpo'd wood, does it just apply to volume? thanks, Ed. (there is definitely more than 5cubic metres being removed)

[Chris Sheppard]

yes, I'm fairly sure you'd need one if over 5 cube coming off in one go unless it was less than xcm dbh (i just can't remember what the x cm is but it's not a lot whatever). we always needed them on the estate, and that was no TPO

[armchairarborist]

i thought so, if i remember right they take ages to come through don't they? someones not going to be happy haha:thumbup:.. any idea how long they take?

[Brushcutter]

Forestry Commission - Felling Licences

 

They normally take about 6-8 weeks to come through. Longer if they don't like what your doing.

[Robert_S]

Can he not say its his private garden? You dont need them for that.

 

A bit of a long shot i know

[Chris Sheppard]

I seem t oremember we had one site that needed one and was fairly time sensitive and the Estate spoke to the FC and explained they needed it quicker and the FC were dead helpful and got it through really quickly.

[armchairarborist]

don't think so robert, its completely seperate, thanks anyway

[John Barleycorn]

Remember that it is your legal responsibility to ensure that there is a valid felling licence in place before you cut.

[armchairarborist]

believe me im not going anywhere near it till everything is ok'd on paper, its not even in my town, the guy wants it clearfelling and cutting to 8ft lengths for a wood supplier so i don't even get the wood:thumbdown:, might go see it at the weekend and if it looks dodgy i'll phone the local tree officers, guy seems genuinely sound but you never know

[Matthew Arnold]

We have to apply for a felling license each year as we fell alot of trees on our sites. We got a big telling off from the local FC Officer a few years ago as someone had reported seeing large stacks of timber on an old railway line we were clearing. The landowner had a felling license but couldn't find it. So we now have a hard copy in the office and a photcopy in both trucks just incase the FC Officer comes round again.