Gary Prentice
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Feel for ya Mark, it's losing part of the family. I still look for 'mum' when I'm out with her lads. You've done the best that you could for her and was with her when she had to go, you can do my more. We had our rotti bitch booked into the vets and she sat at the car wagging her tail, thinking she was going walkies and I had to cancel - knowing I was selfish wanting just one day more.
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The who can get most outraged at bad treework thread.
Gary Prentice replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Picture Forum
Now if he'd planted more trees, firewood wouldn't have been an issue. Just think, the world would have been a different place. -
Are those the new 'chainsaw safety Crocs'?
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The who can get most outraged at bad treework thread.
Gary Prentice replied to Mick Dempsey's topic in Picture Forum
I suppose that he had certain advantages implementing his tree planting strategy though. I can't imagine that he suffered many complaints that the trees were too big and casting shade on peoples patios or birds in the trees were crapping on peoples carts! -
Spoiler Alert!
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Saying that a TPO shall be served isn't the same as there being a TPO in place. If you wanted to fell it this afternoon legally you could. Notice has been served, six weeks have elapsed and two years haven't passed and there is no TPO in place.
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I used it once at appeal. it was ignored by everyone I'm just trying to track down when there is an obligation to replant in a CA.
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Sounds like they're stretching things a bit. What's odd is that hey have given consent to fell. They can't consent a notification. They either don't oppose the notified works or they have to serve a TPO and run through the process, waiting for objections/representations etc and then confirming the order within six months. You can, of course, just fell it as soon as six weeks elapse after the notification if no TPO is served. I think that they are playing hard and fast with the rules just to get a new tree in. Is it in a prominent location. I've never got a satisfactory response from an LA when I've asked how they define amenity, it seems to be whatever the TO wants it to be at the time .
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You're right, group TPOs usually identify x no of particular species and x number of whatever species. So it's those trees of whatever species present at the time the order was made. It gets difficult when, say, there are four beech present of a similar age and the order says three - which ones were intended to be covered? If you can positively identify which trees are which, you can safely assume that younger/smaller trees were either not present or were not intended to be included in the order. Be a bit careful bringing TPO contraventions to the LAs attention, your client might not be impressed as prosecutions can still be started for, I think, seven years after the contravention. LAs can use historical imagery like google earth for evidence to date the offence.
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In the internet age, everyone is an expert! Consider some of the posts on here
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Are you winning yet? Thinking about your problem, I know that my CAD program rounds up stem diameters rather than down. Are the relevant trees single or multi-stemmed? If MS have you done the calculations yourself using the formulae in BS5837? "can’t fathom the methodology that has been applied" That's concerning.
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IIRC from college you round down. The tutor referenced why bu I can't remember why. Perhaps @chris at eden can elaborate.
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Only as far as that it's a saprophytic one, as it's only colonising the dead heartwood.
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So the bank needs to know if the property is indicating any signs of subsidence damage? That's the surveyors job, not an arboriculturists.
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Will you stop FFS? every time you post you say something that piques my interest and I have to stop and start googling.
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Careful mentioning flying, it's only okay to fly if you're attending an environmental protest.
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Never mind OWC, maybe you can try for the replanting once the FC get finished with em.
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It was 20 years back or more FFS Looking online I think it was P38, but as they do quite a range don't quote me on that.
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I've used one of the Isopon fillers a couple of times (a pink one ) on fuel tanks. Petrol doesn't seem to affect it but you do need to provide a good keyed surface to get it to stick. There may be better things, it was what was to hand late in the evening and at the time I thought it would be a temporary fix - it lasted longer than the saw did.
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What are you trying to say?
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Planning departments take a dim view of pre-emptive felling now so not much has been gained. That's before the FC start getting interested about felling licences and start considering such things as restocking orders if it's decided the work was done illegally.
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Here's some and it's an interesting read. As late as the 1970's there's some levels of death on some projects that would be headlines today. https://www.forconstructionpros.com/blogs/construction-toolbox/blog/12096401/looking-back-on-the-worlds-deadliest-construction-projects
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Large tree very close to house
Gary Prentice replied to wombat's question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
The insurance industry would beg to differ. £64 million in claims last year! https://www.edwincoe.com/blogs/main/happy-surge-year-rise-subsidence-claims-201819/
