On Sat, 4 Mar 2017 09:08:56 +0000, PeterC
wrote:

On Fri, 03 Mar 2017 12:01:15 +0000, T i m wrote:

You can cut away any branch that overhangs the property line.


Even if it has a TPO on it?

It's also a problem if in a conservation area.

And anywhere near a railway line ... and the 'throwing stuff over the
fence' (Point 8 below). I think there are some pretty strict rules
(and consequences / fines) for working on anything near a track in
case of the obvious.

Thank you for all the info -

np

I'll see if I can e-mail it to next door.

No fears re. the line - it's about 15m away, about 8m higher up and the
branches are at 90 deg. to the line.
It would be a rather serious mistake to block the West Coast main line!

Quite. Daughters ex is a Tree Surgeon and now Arb Trainer and did some
work with / for BR. All the stuff you read about re what they require
(as this wasn't actually anywhere near the line / HV cables) was true.
Safety meetings with all involved at the beginning of the day / shift
/ job, the right colour and type of HiViz to be worn at all times, the
correct grade of PPE to be worn and copies of relevant certificates to
be presented etc.

Access isn't easy from this side, as it's over a stream that has about a
1.5m bank this side (it's a low bank on the other side).

I think with the likes of the railways (or roads / airports etc) the
onus / assumption is that *everything* you do that involves *anything*
to do with them and their property has to be done by the book+.

That's not to say you can't 'get away' with all sorts of stuff, it's
just you probably don't what to be that person when you don't.

Cheers, T i m

p.s. Nephew is taking his Air Traffic Controllers exams and was saying
how quickly people in those roles get suspended 'Pending
investigation' even when something was seen to have not been done to
book, let alone went wrong etc. If everything turns out to be 'ok' you
get reinstated and at the other end of the scale you could in up in
the clink. ;-(