BS 5837 ? never heard of it mate..

[silvafox]

Construction site somewhere near me. Needless to say the tree officer was not too happy.

[David oakman]

They draw the plans up to save the trees on the plot then do this sort of thing criminal.I saw an oak tree on a site once back filled around the tree covered the whole buttress the tree ended up a metre shorter.

[silvafox]

These birches where perfect for the location in terms of size and appearance. I think now they have planted small/medium maples in mitigation.

[David oakman]

Birches allways have a good look to them summer or winter not good on age:001_smile:if i keep putting this smile i will change my name to smiler:001_smile:

[Lee Winger]

Whats the problem , with some of my special fert and decompaction they'll be as good as ever, well thats what a landscape architect tried to tell me a few months back

[Dean Lofthouse]

As long as the wind only blows from one direction they'll be fine

[David Humphries]

Been watching this developement site for a couple of years.

My guess is that this Centuries old Oak will not be long for this mortal coil

[silvafox]

As I understand it, according to BS 5837:2005 a designated root protection area (RPA) of a circle 12x the diameter of a single stem tree. This area should be plotted and remain undisturbed!

My thanks to treedave for bringing the updated BS 5837 to my attention.

[Rebecca Harrison]

"Been watching this developement site for a couple of years.

My guess is that this Centuries old Oak will not be long for this mortal coil"

 

Me too! It's heartbreaking to see, every time I drive past it seems to get worse!

[David oakman]

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