Eucalyptus- confusing info from local tree officer

[SiW]

It's about time we started appealing these decisions, if only to wrap up to's in endless amounts of paperwork plus it might make one or two of them think about some of the ridiculous decisions they make when the appeals find in favour of the client, rant over, back to the lemsip before cracking open a stella

[Matthew Storrs]

would depend on the cut sizes woud it not, and the TO in this case I would defend given that his only understanding was the wording 30-40% reduction which is not BS 3998 2010 specs and suggests a large defoliation and cut size of a tree that is possibly in view of public (amenity value)

 

Fair enough, my wording probably isn't upto latest spec (whatever that is) But this wasn't a formal TPO application and was merely the best way of explaining to the customer how much I would intend to remove, I was only ever going to reduce back to suitable growth points which were far and few between due to the nature of rather leggy Eucs and a more precise percentage was hard to give. The tree has 2 boughs over a house, 1 over a green house and 1 over the road /pavement, so i can't agree with her desicion at all- particularly as she based it on a viewing from google earth at the time. She also made me look a bit silly to the customer by saying the tree wouldn't recover from the reduction when its in my best interest for the tree to not only look good but also respond well too.

[Ty Korrigan]

Ah...

I think the real problem is one of gender.

Frankly, this is no job for a woman.

The T.O should be at home cooking hearty meals, knitting or talking fluffy non-sense and raising nippers NOT engaging in decision making of this kind.

Clearly some-one should pat her gently on the head and steer her back into the kitchen.

Ty

 

p.s

I am joking to don't ban me eh...?

[Tony Croft aka hamadryad]

Fair enough, my wording probably isn't upto latest spec (whatever that is) But this wasn't a formal TPO application and was merely the best way of explaining to the customer how much I would intend to remove, I was only ever going to reduce back to suitable growth points which were far and few between due to the nature of rather leggy Eucs and a more precise percentage was hard to give. The tree has 2 boughs over a house, 1 over a green house and 1 over the road /pavement, so i can't agree with her desicion at all- particularly as she based it on a viewing from google earth at the time. She also made me look a bit silly to the customer by saying the tree wouldn't recover from the reduction when its in my best interest for the tree to not only look good but also respond well too.

 

and if you had said this to the TO yourself maintaining a good relationship with your local TO's is part and parcel of being in this business. Not taking the time AND EFFORT TO COMMUNICate with TO's is not at all helpful neither to you, your clients or the council

[Matthew Storrs]

yes, well i will certainly be taking the time next week to engage in a little light discussion with the TO. you are right Tony i will always be dealing with these matters from now on- not the customer and when they are specifically related to the tree I always do, but in this case he was just checking to see whether he was in a conservation area as he is near the border and clearly one thing led to another.

[Old Mill Tree Care]

Contest the TPO. If it's just been applied to the tree and the tree is indeed a fast growing tree in close proximity to a house, public right of way, possible underground services and a very fast growing species, a TPO seems like a foolish course of action.