kevinjohnsonmbe

Mheh.... it’s like me going in Sainsbury’s and munching my way through the fresh fruit aisles before I’ve gone through the check out. Except that, at least in Sainsbury’s Id have had a load of free fruit - all that’ll happen here is a load of contradictory waffle from well intentioned but, to all intents and purposes, ‘blind’ saw monkeys and desk jockeys that haven’t even seen the site nor understand local trends. On a scale of 1 to 10 - 1 being no chance and 10 being a dead certain - how likely is it that this thread will deliver anything worthwhile?

That’s the secret - 25m tracked MEWP £70k At £500 / day that’s 150 ‘jobs’ to recover initial outlay. Every AREA will need one but not every tree firm. Be the guy with the kit in the area. The 2nd hand dodgy history units are already starting to appear with firms hereabouts. Personally - I wouldn’t touch, buy, hire, use a second hand set up.

You’d be better off spending whatever time / money / effort you think your project warrants Trying to find a credible local professional to visit the site and provide you with a properly informed opinion / recommendation(s)

(not sure if this should be in the MAMILs thread??) It a proper messed up world we live in.... “They” won’t let you ride your bike but they are encouraging you to whack a sprog or clout an oldie! What is going on?

Prophetic! Certainly as relates EU which remains one of the greatest barriers to the (so called) 3rd world being able to achieve the full potential of value added to raw crops. Did however laugh to hear him waxing lyrical about the need and benefit of spreading muck though - given the plumes of fag smoke and reference to 15% interest I’m guessing early-mid 80s and possibly before bTB and contamination of the watercourse was a ‘thing.’

Do like Sauerkraut! I lavished out on a dehumidifier last year - predominantly for the surplus apple crop. I know the cost benefit ratio will not reach the benefit side until after a plutonium ½ life - and even that is dodgy if the elec keeps going up 😂, and that there are cheaper ways of preserving Apple, but the nipper loves the apple rings and that makes it all worthwhile. I did slow dry quite a load of 🌶 beside the fire one year while the Mrs had a pal staying. She looked like she’d been CS gassed! That was worth it too 😂

Pics, pics, pics 😂

Hells teeth! Not sure I’d do that much in a week let alone a day....

I feel the same about Camborne 😂😂😂

Basra, Umm Qasr and Baghdad - plan to go back at some point. Met some genuinely great people there. Still in touch with some.

Egger, get a copy of the original CA scoping document - it will specify the reasons WHY the area was designated. Once you know what characteristics the CA was initiated to preserve, then you will be able to determine if installing a porch is contrary to them. This may seem an obvious thing to do but I have found in several CAs where s211 is required for tree work, objections can be batted off by highlighting that trees are not even a feature of the justification for the CA. point being - if your CA is, for example, to conserve a certain characteristic and your porch doesn’t not denude that characteristic, then it is much to know this in advance. https://ecab.planningportal.co.uk/uploads/miniguides/porches/Porches.pdf Class D - Porches - Improve the welcome for guests under PD WWW.PLANNINGGEEK.CO.UK The General Permitted Development Order (GPDO) allows for porches to be built without planning permission. Find out...

Still got the bush jacket 😂

Oh how I long for those halcyon days.... Bush jackets, pith helmets and chai wallas. Simple happy days of Empire

It's far from being solely a critique of the Englandshireness of the written word.... The 2 opening statements are patently bollox... Best be honest now or have to tolerate a post graduate in a local authority making decisions and influencing peoples lives with no more idea of arse from elbow than anyone else in the office and a corporate mandate that outlaws honesty if it has the potential to hurt ones feelings....

You were very restrained - I couldn't get past first page:

You can't argue with that.... Pay peanuts an all that...

You have a Merlo rotator with grapple? You like it? Any massive + or - points? Apart from initial outlay??

It's a lot like Cornish fore play... Awake are 'e?

Put 3 one year badges side by side....?

Looks like another hand operation is imminent then 🤣 Let the punishment fit the crime.... how true. 😆

Good FAQ section here: Biodiversity net gain WWW.LOCAL.GOV.UK Advice and guidance for planners and councillors involved in planning on biodiversity net gain.

I think we're at slightly cross purposes and merging subjects which probably doesn't help. Maybe the Elf & Safety nazi is a useful comparison... Instead of seeking the barriers and opportunities to say "no," a sustainable (I mean financially as distinctly different from the academic sense) tree report service should present the options and opportunities to achieve the client aim whilst maximising protection / retention of suitable and appropriate arb assets. If an overpriced report provides a whole host of further problems and associated expense rather than options and savings (which is, I think, what is being intimated here) the person providing that service will not be likely to gain repeat business nor recommendation - hence unsustainable.

It could just as easily be both since a tree survey for public safety reasons would record observations and it would be for the tree owner to establish their own tolerance to risk.

Quite right - whenever it is appropriate.... And it is the LA that determines what is / is not appropriate. In this case, it appears, that what they have deemed appropriate [for the discharge of their duty under s197 in relation to this application] is the commission and provision of a professional report to provide information on existing tree(s) and the measures which may be required to protect them as a condition of granting planning consent. Whether the report is VfM and / or represents the best interest of the client is between the client and the report author.

An often forgotten basic tenet. The consultant works for the applicant not the LA. The applicant pays the application fee to the LA for the “privilege” of an application being administered and (hopefully) being granted consent to undertake work on their own land by the LA. The LA outsource the expertise and expense of compiling supporting statements to (and at the additional expense of) the applicant. He who pays the piper calls the tune. A supporting statement commissioned by an applicant will never be a truly objective report - it will illustrate all the positives associated with the application.