Refusing to cut down a tree

[daltontrees]

Extra advice, if the felling is to go ahead bring your sharpest chain, and a spare one. Yew of any decent age is hard hard stuff. Valuable too...

[treesnatcher]

Check with la. If there are no restrictions do the job. Someone else will do it if you don't and you may get asked to leave by your boss.

Well done for having a consciousness.

If you feel so bad send pics to la, to see if they can put tpos on them. That is of there is time.

The first part of your post is correct. The last line would ensure that you never worked for me again. Complete breach of client confidentiality against me personally and between the business and customer. If it was a potential development site the cost implications could be substantial.

[daltontrees]

Agree with Treesnatcher, no need to sneak about, just ask if it is OK to check with the Council. If he won't let you I would be concerned about his motives but would still do as instructed with a note of where and when I suggested he checked for TPOs.

[felixthelogchopper]

Have worked for these type of people before,their usual attitude is"well if you dont like it you know what you can do".my response is normally "well I dont like it what are YOU going to do! .Dont be bullied or intimidated by these people there is ALWAYS ANOTHER job if you are good at what you do.

 

After all, it's not like Arb is a small world, is it?

[hazzygawa]

I could work for you as i dont have a Conscious

 

It does not sound as of they are going to build there.

[treesnatcher]

i do have a concsience but i do cut trees for a living to feed the family and as long as no legal implications - tpo, cons regs, building conditions or ownership dispute and i am pretty certain i will get paid i give sensible professional advice but still do exactly what the customer wants. I still plant far more trees than i fell.

[Mortimer Firewood]

Dead easy! Just ring the local planning department and ask them about any restrictions, if there are any then refuse to do the job if there isnt then crack on.

No need to lie or be underhanded

 

Good advice there pat . All this talk of ringing the to then taking days off really gets my back up and will get you no where. When you do ring do it in the presance of your boss as he will gain respect for you in the long run and know exactly what you have said and will realise your trying to cover yourself not cause trouble.

[woody paul]

Dead easy! Just ring the local planning department and ask them about any restrictions, if there are any then refuse to do the job if there isnt then crack on.

No need to lie or be underhanded

 

I agree. But why have good yew trees got to be felled in the first place. Can't they be reduced??

[hazzygawa]

Uh oh. Someone said the reduced word.

[treebloke]

Agree when i call, if they cant give me any answer there and then they call back within 15mins.

 

Make the call for you/everyones benefit bud

 

Not always quite that straight forward, we deal with LA's and TO's all over the country and while the majority will like you say tell you over the phone there is an increasing number that will only respond to an e mail and this some times takes days or even weeks in some cases if the TO is on holiday or works part time.

 

It's certainly an awkward situation for you and it's a tough decision to make, good luck.

 

One other thing for you consider depending on how the estate you work for is configured is 'felling license'. Unlikely it will affect you with these two trees but it all counts towards the volume/time period.