Dead tree with a TPO

[wicklamulla]

Cheers one and all. The chestnut in my opinion cud be reduced and made safe and left to stand but the customer wants it on the ground regardless !

[wood cutter]

Take pictures, be aw to prove it was dead.

 

Fell tree, get paid, no hassle.

 

Good luck.

[Chris at eden]

Take pictures, be aw to prove it was dead.

 

Fell tree, get paid, no hassle.

 

Good luck.

 

 

Not a good approach in my opinion. At some point you have to e-mail the pics to the TO so why not do it 5 days before you do the work. That way when the locals phone to complain, which they will, the council will know all about it and can just say 'its fine, the tree is dead'. Doing it retrospectively not only does not comply with the legislation but will also mean the TO has to drop everything and drive out to see what is happening and then deal with the fall out from the residents. Its not the way to build a relationship with the council. If you gain the TO's trust by playing ball things tend to go more smoothly in the future. Retrospective notices should be for emergency work only.

[fagus]

+1 for what Chris says. You can virtually hear the deflation when you able to tell to caller the Council know all about it and accept the situation.

[Marc Lewis]

Not a good approach in my opinion. At some point you have to e-mail the pics to the TO so why not do it 5 days before you do the work. That way when the locals phone to complain, which they will, the council will know all about it and can just say 'its fine, the tree is dead'. Doing it retrospectively not only does not comply with the legislation but will also mean the TO has to drop everything and drive out to see what is happening and then deal with the fall out from the residents. Its not the way to build a relationship with the council. If you gain the TO's trust by playing ball things tend to go more smoothly in the future. Retrospective notices should be for emergency work only.

 

Good advice

[Adam M]

Not a good approach in my opinion. At some point you have to e-mail the pics to the TO so why not do it 5 days before you do the work. That way when the locals phone to complain, which they will, the council will know all about it and can just say 'its fine, the tree is dead'. Doing it retrospectively not only does not comply with the legislation but will also mean the TO has to drop everything and drive out to see what is happening and then deal with the fall out from the residents. Its not the way to build a relationship with the council. If you gain the TO's trust by playing ball things tend to go more smoothly in the future. Retrospective notices should be for emergency work only.

 

Yeah for sure. It's a total ballache rushing out and finding this scenario. Proper waste of time and potentially pointless confrontation.

[wicklamulla]

read and understood, sound advice thanks.