Crown reduction

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

Various I guess from their pen, to a stick, to a clinometer to a laser metre...would have to be one of the latter two, i.e. most accurate, if they were considering taking action against you I would imagine.

[Tothetree's!]

True enough and laser trumps pencil

[Mark Bolam]

Leeds council don't condone crown reduction at all and will only allow lateral reduction, they class height reduction as topping!!!

 

Fair play to them!

 

 

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[Darrin Turnbull]

What about a Lombardy poplar

[Chris at eden]

Leeds council don't condone crown reduction at all and will only allow lateral reduction, they class height reduction as topping!!!

 

I actually agree

[Chris at eden]

I actually agree

 

Sent before finished typing.

 

I agree reduction is bad as in my view it spoils the natural shape of the tree no matter how well done. As visual amenity is the driving force of TPO's that's a no brainer. The would be my reason for refusal.

 

To call it topping though is a bit misguided. We have a BS which details the difference. I doubt the PINS inspector would support the LPA on that alone.

[Ian C]

I actually agree

 

Why? Can't really see the problem as long as it's done right as per bs3998.

[Paul Cleaver]

What about a Lombardy poplar

 

I don't recommend reducing the height off them - fell or leave alone

[Ian C]

I don't recommend reducing the height off them - fell or leave alone

 

But why lateral and not height?

I'm not a big fan of reductions either and I tend too agree with leave or fell but Joe public doesn't really understand that

 

I would rather see a properly reduce tree than no tree at all.

[Mark Bolam]

It's how they respond afterwards that's the problem.

If a tree is very lightly reduced it responds so much better, but then what was the point of the reduction?

 

Trees seemed to get on ok for millions of years before Steve Bullman, Paul Banister and John Shutler invented 'reductions' in a pub beer garden in 1974.

 

 

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