Urgent help needed on windblown tree thats stuck

[frontier guy]

Hi again, I have had a 15-20m ash blow over into another tree and its stuck there and we have no idea who owns the land but there is a public footpath and road/track under it and I have been trying to call the council all day and left a message but nobody has called back. Is there anything else I can do as I dont own the track and I dont know if I have any right to cordon off to stop people walking under a tree that could come down at any time. I do not have the funds to sort out this tree and I think it will miss our house but I am concerned about a risk to the public.

 

Any ideas? Its Leeds Council btw.

[fagus]

The Council will seek to recover all the costs they have incurred. I would suggest VAT has already been applied. Council charges will not only include for the tree staff and gear but it will include Solicitors fees for considering the matter and for preparing the notices to carry out the work; and we all know Solicitors do not come cheap.

Often people will often say we will not pay but when told the charge will be placed on the property and that it could inhibit/slow a future sale the resistance normally subsides.

[Tree Lc]

I've been called out to a few windblown trees over the years via the fire brigade. Members of the public have rang them, they've contacted the out of hours council helpline and then the council have rang me ?

If your that worried about it and you think it's going to fall, maybe try that route.

That is indeed the correct thing to do if the tree is so dangerous that it may cause harm. Even if you have called a tree surgeon and he cannot get there for a day or so.

The fire service will not make the tree itself safe as they are not trained to do that but they will make the area safe for the general public and therefore the responsibility lies with their actions for public safety.

Tree LC

Horsham tree surgery