Telecom. Mast - Trees obstructing signal

[Chaincatcher]

Hello, does anyone have any experience of cases where a landowner has secured a financial sum to mitigate the topping of a tree where it obstructs a wireless signal? I understand that the recently reviewed Communications Code:

Electronic Communications Code - Law Commission

did not favour a change in terms of giving providers the ability to require the pruning of vegetation for a wireless signal that was obstructed, whether this will translate to the draft bill we shall see.

The trees in question are very visible and will be decapitated to the point of having very little landscape value.

Thanks, C

[SteveA]

No, but i think it's a great shame to cut down trees to make way for a phone signal

[apa]

Hi

 

If the tree isn't protected by the local authority and the owner of the tree is happy for the works to go ahead unfortunately nothing can be done. The trees should only need in my experience up to 3 meters being removed and then the remaining tree should be shaped to balance .

 

Which network is it?

[Chaincatcher]

Hi

 

If the tree isn't protected by the local authority and the owner of the tree is happy for the works to go ahead unfortunately nothing can be done. The trees should only need in my experience up to 3 meters being removed and then the remaining tree should be shaped to balance .

 

Which network is it?

 

Thanks for your reply. Babcock are handling it on behalf of Ericsson. However, the person responsible for the tree does not want to prune it without having some money to put back into the site to mitigate it's loss. As far as my interpretation of the code goes, they cannot force pruning.

[Mark Bolam]

I worked for T-Mobile years ago doing line-of-sight surveys for radio links.

 

We had a problem with an existing link between Radlett and Arkley in Herts.

 

A mature oak was identified as the problem. I remember it was in the grounds of Graham Hills house (ex racing driver, Damons dad).

 

I wasn't involved in arb at the time, but I remember being a bit shocked to see a team up the tree the next day decapitating it. Apparently a lot of money changed hands.

 

This was a backbone link between a major switch tower and Arkley water tower, so options were pretty limited.

 

In most situations a tree-friendly alternative could be found.

[treequip]

I did a fair bit of work for a network that makes much use of line of sight dishes

 

They did a fair bit of lopping and removal but it was all done by negotiation.

[Mark Bolam]

That's it Andy, the telecoms company have no power to go hacking away without permission.

[treequip]

The part I disliked the most was the warning sticker with dire consequences of getting in front of the microwave dish.

[Mark Bolam]

It can have pretty unpleasant effects.

[mike83]

any chance you fellas can elaborate on the health issues here. Ive got another mast/dish job this week.

cheers