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I have a client with a large leylandii hedge overhanging the boundary. The hedge has been subject to an antisocial behaviour act and recently reduced to below the actionable height of 11.5m. The hedge is two rows and cutting back to the boundary would result in the back row being killed. I have explained this to the client but he would rather see brown then have the ever expanding hedge in his garden. Obviously there are issues between the neighbours but what could the tree owner do if the neighbour cut back to their boundary resulted in killing a row of trees, even though it would not effect the tree owner much if at all. (Interestingly as a side I quoted to reduce the horrible hedge earlier in the year £1100 but the tree owner got some guys to travel up from Somerset to Derby!)

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IME, many TO's are over protectionist. That other saying "right tree right place" also annoys me. Trees change, so a certain place might be perfect for the first 50 years of a trees life but it might outgrow it. I don't see what is wrong with removing a tree when it gets too big for it's location. I would rather have the option of planting trees that will out grow a place with the intention of removing when still in their prime then planting crappy sorbus everywhere as they don't get big. Back to the original post the appeals people may take a different view if you have a tree hugging TO. Or not if your TO has made a reasonable assessment of the tree.

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I rate our Isuzu it is a good truck carries the weight well, pulls well, turning circle is amazing and has been pretty reliable... But, I don't think I would get another. We took ours to a Isuzu dealer as its not been going into 4th gear, it needs a new sycromesh or something, around £1000. But the dealer told us, if they have the parts in italy it would be a few days but it might take 4-6 weeks to get the parts from Japan.. That is surely not acceptable... Luckily they had the parts in Italy but most iveco, land rover and transit bits will arrive next day.

I was just trying to help you and anyone else writing reports. I'm using the BS correctly. The way I was taught makes more sense to me and I am pretty sure they were part of the team that wrote the BS. Like I said we have to disagree.

Personally I think we have to agree to disagree..

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We are looking at getting someone in to operate our stump grinders on a freelance basis. Maybe 1 or 2 days a week to start and there is always the possibility of other tree work. The individual would have to be very reliable and of a careful disposition, treating the grinders as if they were there own.. We would supply truck, trailer, saw, CAT scanner, 2 grinders a Bandit HB20 and XP2450, and anything else you need.. You would need your PPE, stumpgrinder ticket, to be able to tow 3.5 tons and the ability to work without close supervision. If you are interested, drop me a line: 0797 032 5361 or send me an email. [email protected]

I don't want to going to keep going on about this but I think you are SO wrong.. Simple scenario, a plot with two trees, in one corner is a 150 year old oak good condition in the other a 50 year old leylandii also in good condition. The designer has room for a house but only if one tree is removed. A report in the way I was taught would grade the leylandii as "unremarkable" C it would be removed, protection for oak put in place, house built, no fuss no TPO's (the tree is not threatened) no expensive, time consuming fannying between council and designer etc. A report grading them as both A's would help nobody. The designer would have no information to say which tree is worth retaining and which is not. The designer might put the house in the Oaks RPA, the TO would then TPO it, causing extra time an expense. Then might try to use engineering solutions to protect the tree etc, etc..

I am not sure the the solicitors who wrote it would agree, but I am sure you know best..

This might now be out of date, but could be used as a start point.. old contract.doc

So cellwebs idea, is to put down membrane, then cellweb filled with clean angular stone then membrane and top soil on top... How much topsoil do you think would be OK? The issue is that too much soil is going to impede gas exchange, but to little and the grass is never going to grow on what will be a very free draining spot.. 30cm?

Plan of site..

They are planning to have it as lawn. My concern even with some crate system to prevent compaction it is going to end up reducing gas exchange. I will see what the cell web folk try and sell me..

I have a client developing a property. They have a mature old oak tree growing at the top of a sunken garden, they wish to fill the area so that the front garden is level. The sunken garden is approx 1m deep and has a patio base with decorative rock around the perimeter. Is there a way we can fill it up to ground level and ensure we don't damage to rooting environment below? The ground level around the trunk will remain the same..

Here we go again... http://arbtalk.co.uk/forum/business-management/84816-subcontracting-same-company.html You can buy blank contracts packs and adapt them..

I was disagreeing with your speculation. Classifying a tree as a C because it is unremarkable is a reasonable thing to do. The report presumably stated that as tree belongs to a neighbour it will still need protection.. The whole point is the designer is a non arb. The arb is providing the information for the designer to use. The surveyor does NOT decide which are to be retained, but by ranking the trees gives the designer information to make an informed decision. The council may disagree that is their prerogative.. If all the trees are exceptional.... However if you are more realistic and set the bar lower, you are able to differentiate the great from the average and the nothing special. The designer will then have information that may allow them to design accordingly.

Not at all. Classifying a neighbours tree as C is going to have no effect on a development! It will still require the same protection as an A category tree. Classifying trees as A,B, C or U is obviously limited, but if you are classifying all your run of the mill trees as A's or B's there is no differentiation. The aim of an AIA IMO is to help a designer decide which trees are worth keeping and how much space they require. If you don't differentiate the ones worth retaining with the "unremarkable" then how can the designer make an informed choice?

Makes sense to me..

My guys were hedge trimming last year and a beech dropped a pretty big limb, apparently he had been under it moments before...

If the tree is "unremarkable" I would probably of categorised it as a C. However this makes no difference to the level of protection it should receive if it is being retained. I don't agree with this statement however..

Some do. Some don't. But in our business we are likely to come across the haters.. True but, this is often NOT helped by over protective Tree Officers in my opinion.. If that tree was not protected and a client asked my advice it would be fell and replant, but not with necessarily with a poxy ornamental.. An oak or cedar would be great there for 40 years. Then fell and start again, if you are really smart you might even get something in 10 years before you fell it. Urban trees don't need to and often should not be grown to maturity IMO..

Many.. It is an ash tree that will potentially grow to 20m tall with a 20m spread. It responds poorly to pruning and grows quickly. In time it will completely dominate the house, dropping leaves, that will block the gutters, be a slip hazard in autumn and a pain for the home owner to clear up. It is also likely to become a roost for birds who will deposit on everything underneath. The drive way will become evermore cracked and likely to become a trip hazard. The tree will cast shade on the house making it dark inside in the day time. The future removal costs will be significantly increased as the tree will have to be carefully lowered over the house. The resident may feel scared (with or without justification) that it is going to fail during high winds.. You or I might like to live in the shade of a tree (I have a pine 3m from my front window), but others don't. It is not an amazing tree IMO. It is going to cause issues in the future. Replace now with something else. My personal view would NOT necessarily be something that won't get large like a prunus or sorbus. But anything you like including potentially large specimens but plan to remove it when it before it gets too big...