Tree needs removing but we cant find the owner

[gensetsteve]

Stick some Heras (sp) fencing around the site........ The owner will be along in no time.

 

And a for sale sign on the corner. If no one comes forward start adopting it after 7 years I think it's yours. There must be little plots of land every where the owners died in the 70's with no known relatives.

[Gary Prentice]

To do it properly should involve a legal notice advertised on site much like a tpo planning notice. This then gives the owner of the tree chance to come forward.

 

I think you probably need to be a bit more robust than that. I've just traced an owner (rather their solicitor) fifty miles from the trees location. I did look into this last year, but now can't remember the steps required.

 

The TPO notice can be displayed at the site, in the absence of a known owner. Theory is, I assume, that anyone coming to site becomes aware of its existance. In this situation, simply relying on the owner to visit within say 28 days would be less than that what could be done.

 

This is all conjecture on my part.

 

An alternative would be to mention in the village pub that the tree's a valuable Black Walnut:biggrin:

[twiglet]

make sure you have a good lawyer, then fell it ?

[daltontrees]

Hi

 

We have been asked to remove a tree that is in a unadopted road. It needs to be removed as its damaging the wall of the house that it grows next to but we cant find the owner of the land and the tree. What is best action to take in the above circumstance??

 

Both myself and the owner of the house have tried land registry search etc but with no luck.

 

Thanks

 

he best course of action would depend ona few things. Can you say

1. What etc means, i.e what else have you done?

2. What is the size/lifestage/condition/species of the tree?

3. In what way is it damaging the wall?

4. Is removal the only way to resolve the problem?

5. Is the customer willing to write off the ful expense of removal?

6. Is the tree protected bya TPO or Conservation Area?

 

Answering these might lead to a refinement of the good advice you have already had here and help someone explain why you shouldn't take some of the bad advice given (the 'fell it' brigade).

[fagus]

+1 for Dalton's comment.