Valuation of Amenity Trees

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

16 minutes ago, JaySmith said:

 

Firstly I must confess that I haven’t read the thread from start to finish - but will shortly.

From my quick cursory view you seemed to be a fan of CAVAT but that now seems to have dropped, why is that? (Sorry is you have covered this in detail already). Is it because LA’s are getting large sums of money for trees that potentially lack the value?

Let’s be honest you will either be a fan of CAVAT or not depending on what side of the fence that you sit. If you are in the LA (which I know you have significant experience of) you will value CAVAT even if dare I say it ‘bigs up a tree value’. A very well known and hugely respected consultant said to me once that your main responsibility is to your insurers and your second is to your client - said in the context of private consultancy. If you work for an LA then your primary concern should still be to protect the liability against the insurer but also to your asset and then the tax payers money that you use and how you use it.
 

 

 

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[Khriss]

14 hours ago, kevinjohnsonmbe said:

That kind of sounds like a misuse of a valuation system in a sense (appreciate there is probably much more to the story than the brief insight here)

 

Does the "value" of a tree (however calculated) change the ability / validity / authority of a 3rd party to try and compel the owner of something to do something they might be disinclined to do?

Yes pay cash monies for a tree they backed their skip lorry into. K

[JaySmith]

 
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Sorry Kevin, it says link broken when I click on it?