Illegal cutting.

[pie eater pete]

Evening all, been upto the new house me and the wife are moving into today to do some painting.

 

While i was there noticed the guy next door and his son going down the path onto what im sure is council land and lugging an axe, barrow and saw down and ten minutes later hear the saw going?!

 

Half an hour later his son starts coming back up the hill with the barrow loaded with split logs. Whats the story if he gets caught?

 

Only asking as the wife pointed out iv gotta yard and garage full of timber which some of the gents on here have let me have and dont want people thinking its me cutting them down!

 

By the looks of the pile his son amassed id say 2 cubes worth!

[bob]

it,s illegal and basically theft at least and probably criminal damage dependant on how they got it.

[timberbear]

Report it to the council, just say you've seen people helping themselves and you'd like some timber to. They may have permission.

[Rich2484]

They wil only get permission to remove wind blown timber from any woods owned by council, unless they are registerd company doing works, I doubt it tho. Call the council and ask if you can get permission to remove any wind blown, if they say no then drop in that the neighbour is doing it?

[nepia]

What you do about it is down to you but taking wild plants etc is theft.

[theshaker]

any responsible arborist would report it! none of us want to stir up trouble but me personally have been in this industry since i left school simply because i love the environment i work in and conservation is always at the top of my agenda!

 

Its our duty to protect the job we love:biggrin:

[pie eater pete]

Cheers for the replies gents, we haven't even moved into the new place yet but it's aggravating me that this fella is just going round willy nilly with a saw. Don't really want to get into a neighbour dispute but it's not as if he's picking up a few windblown branches! I'm gonna take the dog out tomoro and see what hes done.

[josharb87]

If you're worried about it looking like it was you with your existing logs, take a sly photo of them doing it and keep hold of it

[pie eater pete]

Il try to get a pic tomorrow if their at it again. Nearly all my timber is hardwood think everything down the hill is softwood mainly willow and few pines.

[detritus21]

Have a chat with the tree officer. He's very approachable.