Poor tree work in conservation area

[Starscream]

I saw a gardening firm working on a big birch tree in a conservation area on the grounds of a private (nice) block of flats. The guy climbed up in spikes and only a flip line, his groundsman then passes up a pole saw and he starts cutting away. At first I thought, 'ok, whatever works' until I realised he wasn't removing it but was reducing it. So he basically tops it, albeit carefully and he didn't seem like a gypsy, but in the process he's spiked the hell out of it. My question is this... I feel like reporting it to the tree officer to stop people like this. Would they do anything? Would I just be being a grass or would I be doing the right thing? What would you do? The reason I ask is that I know for a fact these trees are in a conservation area and they would have had to be granted permission to carry out the work. Would the officials be interested in who had undertook the work?

[Billy]

Report them, what's to few guilty about?

[Stephen Blair]

Nothing I haven't done myself!

[timbernut]

What phone the council or spike a live tree in a conservation area?

[Ian C]

Nothing I haven't done myself!

 

And that makes it right?

 

 

It's crap work with out a doubt and nothing I would like to put my name to but the TO has no power to do anything unless they didn't serve notice to the council first, if they did then the TO has no authority on what happens all he can do is serve a TPO or agree to the work.

[Starscream]

What phone the council or spike a live tree in a conservation area?

 

Yeah fair one.. They weren't even wearing any PPE so stands to reason that if they don't even care about their own health why would they care about the tree?!

[Starscream]

What phone the council or spike a live tree in a conservation area?

 

Sorry just re-read that... Phone the council obviously

[Mick Dempsey]

Just get on with your own work.

[Steve Bullman]

Just get on with your own work.

 

[timbernut]

Sorry Starscream my question was to Stephen, just interested😀.

I've never spiked a live tree just to do a reduction though and I've thought about contacting the council before now but then decide what's the point!

I did work with a kiwi for a couple of days a while back n he always climbed with spikes was fast and a very good arborist, but it seemed kind of counter productive doing fine pruning work while stabbing the tree all over!