DanVC

A course of action, as it seems the trees have been removed without permission, may be to try and come to a more reasonable size with the LPA, if they don't budge wait for your Tree Replacement Notice and appeal it on the grounds that the size is unreasonable. 

Hello everyone,

I'm looking for TPO replacement regs after wind-blow.  Had a big oak come down last weekend subject to a TPO.  Can't see anything in the 2012 regs which cover this as it didn't meet the s.198(6)a  classification.  Mynors states there seems to be no duty on the landowner to replace but does say the Blue Book (no longer in force) suggests otherwise.

Thoughts appreciated.

Hello guys and girls,

Had a large ash tree come down in a woodland and cant get chipper access.  Given its a woodland we are now thinking about cutting the tree into lengths and leaving against a stream banking which is at an angle of around 15 degrees.  Can this be successful if we hammer some rebar into the banking to hold the timber?  Cheers.  Cant leave the stem where it is as its blocking the watercourse and footpath.

Will do, cherrs

Hi guys,

Few pics below of an oak in local park which has a large crack about 20ft long at the rear.  The garden cane in the pic is 60 cm and I probed at three points and the cane kept going, tried the three points again with a meter of steel cable and lost it almost.  Some occlusion further up the stem no p&d evident. Its down for annual monitoring now but I think some invasive investigation is needed given its location, any thoughts on next steps??

Cheers

Been monitoring a beech for a few years with applanatum present, inspected today and found these. Any ideas anyone?? Cheers

Hi guys,

Few pics below of an oak in local park which has a large crack about 20ft long at the rear.  The garden cane in the pic is 60 cm and I probed at three points and the cane kept going, tried the three points again with a meter of steel cable and lost it almost.  Is this a shear bomb ready to go?? Some occlusion further up the stem no p&d evident. 

Cheers

I did a five tree survey and report - charged 325 for site time, desk study and report/recommendations.  All in all about 6 hours including travel time so 55ph.  An individual TCS is minimum 190 with travel time on top.  This normally involves about an hour on site and three hours desk work so about 50ph min.  Having said that i'm a one man band with secondary income so overheads are not too costly.

Still use a pen and paper on site with a map supplied by the client.  Any CAD stuff I need gets done by a third party using the info on a survey template.  This still works for me.  I've heard stories about people paying thousands of pounds a year for licences and tech support but for the scale of my operation I cant justify the cost.  Never had a complaint from any local TOs or architects with my surveys so far.

Can anyone recommend a decent manual soil sampler, looking to extract samples up to a meter. Cheers

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https://ag.purdue.edu/btny/ppdl/Pages/WH_old/hot07/7-24.html

It's 1 TPO consisting of 9 areas. A1 to A9. It's about 1.5 miles long. Already had three clients in a week submitting apps and doing reports. I'm calling it my retirement fund.

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Whats the target/usage area in the vicinity of the tree?  This would be my first thought. Can the risk can be mitigated by moving the target. Can the tree be pruned to reduce the risk of faliure?  You also need to know the size of the decay cavities to get a better idea of what you're dealing with

Well said.

Get rid of it and replace, should have been taken down before you started.  Retaining it will only lead to problems later on.

First pic needs rotating 90deg.. sorry

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Lovely split here. Poss evidence of very recent movement about half way down. Local Council have been made aware.

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Clients that say, "so you're saying it's safe then?"

Every council is different,  helps if the TO does his/her own app permissions too.  Its the councils without a TO that prove to be an issue, the ones where someone in planning has an app left on their desk and out come the legal books etc. 

Premature yellowing and leaf drop observed on tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), also known as yellow poplar and tulip poplar. (Figures 1 and 2) are symptoms most likely related to root stress. Previous extended periods of hot, dry, weather in combination with various site stress factors, are likely contributing factors. An added symptom that frequently accompanies the leaf yellowing is the appearance of circular, black spots between the veins of the yellowing leaves (Figures 3 and 4). The black spots are often mistaken for a fungal leaf spot disease. Though alarming in appearance these symptoms do not usually affect long-term tree vigor or health.  Gail Ruhl, Sr. Plant Disease Diagnostician, Dept. of Botany & Plant Pathology, Purdue University

On the plus side a village of potential clients is a blessing, might have to get some more business cards printed.

I kid you not, i am dealing with a client who has informed me that in 2007 a TPO was made for the entire village.  I have today obtained a copy of said TPO and its true.  There are nine separate areas and every single property has been included.  Tree species is simply listed as 'trees of whatever species'. It's the laziest TPO I have ever seen and I am amazed it was passed.  Even trees of terrible condition miles away from the highway are included.  Frankly i'm baffled.

Beech pollarded about 40 years ago, union central now.  Client doesn't want to see it go. Pruned three years back, crown is healthy.  Recommended a stage reduction over time in that case.  Any thoughts?

Beech pollarded about 40 years ago, union central now.  Client doesn't want to see it go. Pruned three years back, crown is healthy.  Recommended a stage reduction over time in that case.  Any thoughts?