On Thu, 9 Nov 2006 10:32:43 -0000 Peter Crosland wrote :
This is simply untrue. What it means is that if you wish to prune or fell
the tree then you have to get permission and this is subject to appropriate
consideration rather than your whim! The application has to be published
and considered by the council and their officers. That decision has the
right of appeal just like a planning application does.

Precisely, you've confirmed what I said. It's no longer my garden, my tree,
and what I can do with it is subject to what a Council officer decides. And
it's not unknown round here for permission to do any work on trees to be
refused unless you are going to use an approved (£££) tree company to do the
work.

Wrong again. There is no blanket ban on tree felling but it is subject to
regulation. Provided your request is reasonable then there should be no
problem but there obviously is some paperwork to be dealt with.

Why should one have to be making the request in the first place? Faced with a
(hypothetical) nice tree that cuts out all the light from my lounge or sucks
up so much moisture that it runs my lawn, will I be allowed to cut it down,
or will the tree officer be more influences by the fact that six neighbours
appreciate it.

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