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The largest factor is public amenity. So if its a high public visibility tree it will score higher on the assessment. Other factors like the trees size and condition are considered. Expediency has to be considered too. So if the tree is already under good arboricultural management and unlikely to be felled it would probably not be suitable for a TPO. However changes in land ownership or tip offs about likely development that threaten the tree make a TPO justifiable. Species isn't really a big factor. There are lots of good sycamore specimens. Think they get a bad rap as many think of them as weeds.

The new BNG legislation will penalise developers for this kind of thing going forward. Doesn't mean they won't be able to clear sites before planning but it will mean they'll have to either replace the lost biodiversity on another site nearby or pay an extortionate amount to offset the loss.

Discussion on this thread. The common law right to prune to the boundary is still subject to TPO legislation.

The new Biodiversity net gain rules for planning may serve to protect the tree if it doesn't fit TPO criteria. Large and especially ancient trees will hold higher value under the rules but there's no guarantee.

The nuisance exemption also only applies to actionable nuisance in the very specific legal sense e.g when trees are touching a building and causing direct damage. There's no exemption for perceived nuisance, things like blocking light, fallen leaves etc.

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Possibly, might be worth me having a look later in the year to see if there's any canopy decline or bleeding higher up on the stem.

Unfortunately they've in the last month had some pretty hard landscaping done that has caused some other more obvious root damage. The bark was like this prior to the work taking place though. It definitely isn't going to help in the long term and the trees are protected so that may get interesting 🤦‍♂️

True, I'm open to the idea but I know the customers fairly well and it's unlikely from what I know of the site. As I said I've seen a similar blackening of bark on a survey on another tree well into a woodland with no sign of human activity.

Not had any fires sited next to it, saw a similar bark issue on an oak in a really isolated position this week too. I did wonder if it was just the natural expansion of the stem but it seems odd the old bark cracking off like that.

Hi all, hopefully posted this in the right place. Just wondered if anyone knew what causes this on Oak. The bark is cracking and slightly blackened. Wondered if it was early signs of honey fungus or root damage. Be grateful for any thoughts. Many thanks, J

I think if you've done L2 you'll be fine, I found it very demanding as I had no prior academic knowledge. However if you work in the industry you will understand alot of the subjects anyway and it may just be a case of refining your knowledge. The only beast of an assignment is the plant portfolio, that tripped me up as I left it late. If you start that early it'll be much easier. I have worked 4 days a week for the last portion of the course to make sure I got it finished. But if you're disciplined from the start and keep to your hand in dates you should be well away.

I'm in my last 3 weeks of the the Level 4 with The Training Tree. Went into it with no academic qualifications, I've learned alot this year and I'm hopefully progressing into the online Fdsc with Myerscough in September with a view of achieving Bsc eventually. I've been working 4 days a week to do the course and it has been alot of work but as mentioned I have no prior qualifications. Just start reading as much as you can and it'll stand you in good stead.