Gary Prentice

It is frustrating if the LA don't pursue contraventions, but what can you do? I know now a number of TOS and Planning Officers who are sick of doing their jobs properly but feel that it's a waste of time when the legal department won't pursue contraventions. Maybe if the revenue earned from prosecution came back to the LA to replace lost amenity instead of disappearing into central government coffers, the attitudes might change a bit?

It don't need straps, it will be in gear with the handbrake on.?

THE BELOW DIDNT LOAD EARLIER FOR SOME REASON This changes things somewhat, if the initial submission didn't contain sufficient detail to correctly identify the trees. Normally the LA would be coming back to the applicant for more information, all within the six week notification period. So everything stays on track. (Always better to be the agent than risking the owner cocking up the notification) sounds like a right right can of worms, tread careful.

Then the thread would have been' Getting rid of the bodies'..

Thought this thread was going to be about something else...

I wonder how much he invoiced for that pearl of wisdom?

To be blunt, you're working for the client. If the Community council, whoever they are, are opposing the felling it may be enough for the council to TPO the site. to give grace to the council cos of their problems isn't for you to give. If I were the client and ended up having to keep trees because of an agreement between a contractor and TO I'd be furious. Id tell the client what's going on, the opposition from the Community council and the possibility of a TPO being served. If they want the job started immediately and you can't do it at least they can find another contractor. Yeah, you might lose a job but if a TPO is served you'd lose it anyway. Proffessionally, your first obligation. Is to your client. if you have problems with Planners or TOs because of that, well, they need to be a bit more grown up and understand that.

you're welcome?

When has lack of knowledge ever stopped you having an opinion anyway? ?

Doh!!

Why's it upside down?

If the notice of intent contained all the necessary information and was corrected submitted, six weeks have elapsed and no TPO served, crack on now. LA can TPO at any time, and are probably rushing around getting one written now, particularly if there's objections from a community councillor. you're 100% safe to proceed, don't delay or your client may end up with an order and blame you for not being on the ball. Have a a look at theCA part of the TCPA regs where it clearly explains the defence of informing and the six week period. You only contravene once a TPO is in place, doesn't matter if the LA is slow, shoddy, short staffed - that's their problem everyone else doesn't have to give them leeway

In that regards I'm almost tempted to think I wish I was gay..  If you're quick, you can probably get signed up for conversion therapy to help you make your mind up!

Crowning's the term you're after?

I'm not sure of the science of the time-scale a natural resistance will build up but yes I think you are right vast majority of the current population will be susceptible I'm not sure that resistance is built up over time, but think that they're genetically tolerant or they're not. I remember reading a few years back that over a period of ten years 98% of all ash in Denmark got infected. Which suggests that resistance isn't built up. But I don't know. as an aside, I was writing a planting plan recently and with a view of increasing species diversity did a bit of research on the tolerance of other ash species. Basically there isn't any at all. I suppose that in two hundred yrs natural selection will sort everything out.

Being pragmatic, Ash as a species is done. Everything else is nonsense, 95-98% will go in the next few years. Misguided attempts to save an odd tree or to create pollards that aren't going to survive and will be more risky to deal with in the future are pointless. If they've got to go, the best option will always be the safest and most cost affective (but it's always easier spending someone else's money.

Am I the only one who struggles with the fact that half of the black community are concerned with the level of black on black crime, yet singularly fail to support the police or any effort to reduce it! What is wrong with people. Does being anti police and establishment become so ingrained that that they won't help themselves?

Will when I get out, was admitted with sepsis and pneumonia last week

I wouldn't worry about filling your books this winter, I'm sure you get loads of offers

The Limes being transplanted/stressed etc, it would make sense that HF could colonise them, hence my comment about trees at a low ebb. I kind of think that stump-grinding would be easier for fungi to colonise than leaving the stump intact to be honest, but saying that I can't recall seeing HF fruiting where stumps have been ground. Furthermore, I can't recall seeing HF on wood-chip piles or on mulch either. (Not that the absence of FFBs is conclusive anyway) Could the saprophytic fungi that you more commonly see be antagonistic to HF? This article mentions stump removal where the stump is the disease centre, couple with root raking to remove larger roots. Whether that means that there is a lower/negligible risk from smaller organic remains, small diameter roots or wood-chip is unanswered. http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/intropp/lessons/fungi/Basidiomycetes/Pages/Armillaria.aspx In conclusion, I wouldn't advocate using wood-chippings from obviously infected trees (armillaria, K.d) but generally I'd think that there is a very low risk of introducing something harmful. I still think that the positives outweigh the negatives.

But to be fair, parts of Cornwall are still to be explored and shown on maps as 'Here there be Dragons'

No photo, but I've seen a couple of floating rim sprockets where the drive link had worn through the clutch itself, separating it into two parts.

Chain tension will make a bit of difference, but in the end they're a consumable part. In answer to the original question, when I was managing lads I'd replace when the bottom of the gulley got dimpled. In an ideal world you'd probably change every 2-3 chains regardless, but with multi-user saws (and lots of digging ditches) the rate of chain consumption seemed a lot higher than owner/user saws and the teeth always disappeared before drive link wear problems appeared.

Got your moneys worth out of that one

Possibly Mick But seeing as Honey Fungus is pretty endemic anyway, would the cause actually be the woodchip or spores in the air or rhizomorphs already present in the soil?