what would ur response be ..............

[sean]

There is no way you should be cutting a 500 year old oak down.....it is a precious eco system.....not a timber tree.!

 

It should be registered with the Ancient Tree Forum asap.

[alex_m]

i've just been on the festival website and they boast of....

 

an area of outstanding natural beauty, with 800+ acres, ancient woodland,

 

haha - and they want to chop it down!! bad faeries!

[sean]

i've just been on the festival website and they boast of....

 

 

 

haha - and they want to chop it down!! bad faeries!

 

morons

[RobRainford]

'where's the nearest butty shop?'

 

Can't believe that, just for a bloody festival!?

[Kev Stephenson]

If there is 800 acres of ancient woodland what is the issue with loosing one. These hippies need something the cook there bean burgers on anyway. Nice bit of firewood by the sounds of it!

[renewablejohn]

Definitely a LISTED tree and do we have permission to chop it down?????

 

If the house is LISTED which it sounds as though it is than anything within the curterlidge of the property is also listed and will need permission from the local council conservation officer.

[pward]

yeah they have no chance of it coming down, seen as all staff are aposed and its my weekend off, and the festival is in full swing now anyway, if any of u have a chance to go up and look at the trees that are up there i would advise it, and the gardens are really good to (not that i haven't helped maintain it or anything hehehe)

[Treeworld]

Is That down on the Rame penisular/ maker heights? was going to a wedding down there this summer and and had booked a lovely cottage to stay in near Cawsand. Looks very beautiful, gutted the wedding has now been cancelled!! Shame as I could have brought the truck down and filled it up with lots of cord wood:thumbup: The father of a great friend of mine once owned the Mount Edgecumbe hotel in Tunbridge Wells which was originally the shooting lodge up in kent of the family. They would come up to the wells along with all the other toffs and shoot on the common and rest at the lodge. History lesson over!

[pward]

Is That down on the Rame penisular/ maker heights? was going to a wedding down there this summer and and had booked a lovely cottage to stay in near Cawsand. Looks very beautiful, gutted the wedding has now been cancelled!! Shame as I could have brought the truck down and filled it up with lots of cord wood:thumbup: The father of a great friend of mine once owned the Mount Edgecumbe hotel in Tunbridge Wells which was originally the shooting lodge up in kent of the family. They would come up to the wells along with all the other toffs and shoot on the common and rest at the lodge. History lesson over!

 

yeh that is the place, its a nice place for a wedding there are also loads of other events up there ones that dont affect the landscape

[Big J]

I have huge reservations about cutting down ancient trees, especially when they pose no risk to anyone.

 

Here are my criteria for what constitutes a justifiable fell:

 

* Timber tree - whether it be for firewood or lumber. Upper end of perhaps 200-250 years old. Beyond that, it's an ancient tree and needs to be protected.

* The tree is dangerous - if it's threatening a building/road/public ROW etc. If the tree is ancient, consider measures that don't involve felling it, such as heavy reduction/pollarding etc.

* Site clearance - if a tree is ancient, the site should remain an ancient woodland, otherwise previous criteria apply.

 

There are more, but in almost all instances, I would struggle to live with the idea of taking down something that old. Perhaps I'm in the wrong game, but I think that we have a responsibility as professionals not to pillage woodlands for the sake of a quick buck.

 

Jonathan