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There ya go! Solutions rather than problems 😂 Far from being an “anti LA” Arbtalk TO bashing thread (which hasn’t actually happened (bar 1 Alex - shame on you) other than in the minds of those that see it where it doesn’t exist) what the thread has shown is a desperate lack of innovation and radical thinking to arrive at potential SOLUTIONS for the OP rather that simply regurgitating stale old reasons why things “can’t” be done in a fashion which could actually IMPROVE the rooting environment. Yes, the ground and the tree(s) are ‘owned’ by somebody else.... Yes, it would take a refreshingly open minded approach to suggest solutions and provide a sound justification case.... Yes, there would be costs involved and only the OP can do the cost benefit analysis.... Potential SOLUTIONS: - Shut up and enjoy your garden - Get a bike - Get a 4x4 and just blast up the kerb - Prove where / if the roots are, offer an engineering solution which protects roots, improves growing medium and provides bridging IF roots even exist within the existing metalled surface.

Yeah, there’d be a certain comedic irony to that Labour inheriting a financial basket case rather than leaving one 😂😂😂 Remember the note last time - there’s no money left

And now the “top civil servant” appointed to investigate “parties” by politicians and staff whilst the country was in lock down has to step down because - you couldn’t make this shit up - his own cabinet office had a party during lock down.

Some state of affairs Mark....

North Shropshire bye election shocker for the Tories seems to be a standard headline.... and it’s a fair one. An even bigger shocker is what actually happened - or rather didn’t! In a very strong Brexit constituency people turned to the Neverendum party (Lib Dums) rather than to Labour.... Oh dear Labour, you can’t even capitalise upon Boris’ massive own goals.

No, not at all Mr S. Just a shame Hayle is so far away.

Are you on the dreaded Facebook Fin? If so, maybe worth having a punt on the page shown below - you'll doubtless find someone in the Hayle parish that might be able to help.

Bend you up like a pretzel princess. 😜

That’s only part of the joke Stubbs..... Whatever is taking so long....? The one for St Just is right at the back! Well, make sure and get a double decker - I may wish to smoke! I’m laughing just typing that (can’t type the accent though!)

Just seen: But as his bessy oppo Jim Davidson properly points out, he died after a strong fight (presumably cancer) with - not of - C19. Media can’t even get simple reporting right.

So it’s the motivation of the activist which defines the level of state abuse they might be subjected to and the degree of righteous outrage that good people might express... Just playing Mark, not one to get wrapped up about.

That's an interesting read Mark. I'm deeply uncomfortable with the whole situation - I'm guessing you are too? Before we get too cozy agreeing on something though.... 😁 Take the closing passage of the article: "....Assange, at tremendous personal cost, warned us. He gave us the truth. The ruling class is crucifying him for this truth. With his crucifixion, the dim lights of our democracy go dark...." If we were to swap out the name Assange for - Mmmmmm, who shall we swap in....? Just for shits and giggles, let's swap out Assange and swap in Robinson. Would you still be outraged? Now I'm not going to suggest that Robinson has been victimised by the state to the same degree and intensity as Assange, it would probably be like comparing premier league and Sunday league, but I want to play "the ball" rather than the man. Do your principles of outrage extend universally or are those that you don't like somehow less deserving of justice?

Not sure my reply uploaded...? It went something like... Prob not a kidney, maybe a spleen or a slack handful of lymph glands. I wasn’t sure what your location (house price index) is? If, for example, Richmond upon Thames or perhaps Polperro (where a single car parking spot can easily cost North of £40k) it might be worth the cost / benefit. Conversely, off street parking in Camborne is not quite so popular because many houses have a obsolescent sofa in the front garden.

The ‘light’ is directly proportional to how much you want / need to find a solution - and most importantly, how much you are willing to invest into it. It really is a cost / benefit analysis. It doesn’t “have” to be a no dig (everything goes in layers on top of what is already there) scenario. To immediately default to that option kind of negates the potential opportunity to improve the rooting environment which would be one of your strongest bargaining chips. Airspade, hand tool excavation around existing roots (if they are even found to be there) back fill with advantageous materiel + suitable sub and top layers. Im not suggesting it is an easy (or cheap) path (to do it properly), what I’m saying is - it IS doable and it IS possible to be a win-win (if you put the resources to it.)

In theory..... I do chuckle every time I pass the constituency MPs office in Liskeard and there is a car parked out front and which can only have got there by driving up the kerb and across the path.

“Rules” are for the guidance of wise men and the blind obedience of fools. This looks like an example of a well intentioned ‘rule’ with the aim of protecting street trees - admirable, but it is being rigidly implemented without really understanding the how and the why. If there is currently a metalled road, a curb, a metalled footway and whatever passes for front garden at the moment, all of that (except the road perhaps) could actually be improved in regard to rooting environment. It’s all doable - at your expense if you can just get past the first tier of administrative barrier. If you can talk to the right people at LA, the key elements to draw out would be improving the current rooting environment. Loads of example / detail here and these guys will help scope you out a solution: Cellweb®TRP - Cellular Confinement System WWW.GEOSYN.CO.UK Cellweb®TRP is the only guaranteed, no dig, cellular confinement system specifically designed and sold for tree...

Interesting that you have referred to an “initial assessment” and an “application” being rejected. Maybe we just need to get the terms ironed out. Is it like a pro-forma or pre-app advice that you have submitted or was it a planning app? Important because a planning app (if valid) ought not to be ‘rejected’ (it might be refused) but only after due process. Now the reason the scenario you present is ‘interesting’ is that it would seem potentially short sighted and counter productive of LA to simply refuse the drop curb aspiration ‘because there are 2 trees there.’ It would not be inconceivable to actually improve the rooting environment for said trees as a consequence of granting a drop curb consent. Early indication seems to be you might have encountered a “computer says no” type and it would be worth going around them.

It’s very trendy, but wholly inappropriate and lazy to run up the “whataboutery” flag rather than accept that there will actually be occasions where whataboutery is actually the very best way of illustrating a point. In the comparison Johnson / Corbyn and/or Tory / Labour the single most compelling reason (probably the only one) for preferring the former over the latter absolutely is look what you could have had. In this example whataboutery absolutely is appropriate....

OK, don’t agree, but fair enough if that’s how you see it.

I didn’t vote ‘for’ him Mark. I had to hold my nose and vote for the local Tory MP purely on the basis that I, incorrectly, perceived the Corbyn / Momentum movement as a credible threat. It’s interesting that you think Labour had nothing to do with “it.” That may well be true but I can’t help but think the absence of a solid criticism of this behaviour by the opposition may be because of a fragility of moral stance. What happens if they come out all guns blazing only to be later exposed as having done similar? That’d be a tadge “awkward” no?

By pass the safety features - absolutely staggering!

That’s interesting- hadn’t seen that before, just had quick look at webpage.

That is a key component of being willing to adjust existing or expected lifestyle to better suit a biomass system which may have very different levels of 'convenience' than those we have become accustomed to. We have a bit of drama every time the in-laws come. There is hot water once per day and when it's gone it's gone - that has something to do with me being tight though since I could make it 24/7 but choose not to. MiL does not likey....