TPO Cautions

[baggins91]

Hi Guys,

 

I'm a newby here (although i've been a bit of a lurker for a while).

I've been in the industry for 15 years and suddenly i have had 2 cautions for removing TPOd trees in ten weeks. On both cases i had absolute confirmation from the client that all the correct paperwork had been filed and there were no problems to go ahead.

In both cases i'm sure that the client will bear any recriminations for the work carried out but it is my name that has been issued the caution.

My question is are these cautions recorded on a national database or just within the local issuing authority. Also, how long do these cautions remain on record and can they effect any future work or job applications?

Cheers for any info you can give me.

 

Baggins91

[Tully]

Hey Baggins,

 

Always check, even if the client says they have. You are the trained professional carrying out the work.

 

All it takes is a phone call to the local authority to find out.

[baggins91]

Yup, tell me about it, i must be getting complacent in my old age. twice bitten....!

Have told the boss all jobs are going through me now.

[eddiegts]

You say all it takes is a quick call but I've had it when the person on the other end of the line has got it wrong! Top tip get it in writing.

[Johny Walker]

Yup, tell me about it, i must be getting complacent in my old age. twice bitten....!

Have told the boss all jobs are going through me now.

 

are you an employee ???

[oslac]

If its a TPO application and you don't want to speak to the LPA for what ever reason, you can look up the consent form on line. Its a planning approval document and as such is a public document and will be posted on the council's planning portal.

[arbogrunt]

confession time....many years ago I had an 'extra' on a job I was doing, it was a clear fell of a medium sized Birch. I phoned the LA and got the all clear and the tree was on the deck before the call was finished.

The lady's hubby then came home from work and asked about felling a large Oak in the front garden. Again, I phoned the LA and got a different tree officer, he informed me that the Oak was not TPO'd, but that everything in the back garden was , I was sitting on the birch logs in the trailer as I made the call!...nothing came of it, but sometimes tree officers can make mistakes too!

[timtree81]

I took a Tpo tree down a large beech , but we had it in writing that there was no Tpo it was a la cock up

[baggins91]

Yup, i am an employee. i know i can pass the buck up the ladder but i am still the man on the spot and the one with the caution.

All the jobs i get given now i get email confirmation from the relevant authority, so i have it all on my pda if i ever get a visit.

[HCR]

My question is are these cautions recorded on a national database or just within the local issuing authority. Also, how long do these cautions remain on record and can they effect any future work or job applications?

 

Do you mean an interview under caution? Or the issuing of a formal caution? If the latter, did you admit to the offence?

 

Either way, it's not a conviction which means (a) you don't have to declare it when listing convictions (unless asked for cautions as well) but (b) it is not covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 so it will never go.