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Originally Posted by Si_Bucks  I have a 100 yr old massive horse chestnut tree in my back garden. It is under protection order. It is quite sick. The tree suffers from bleeding on the trunk and branches. The council refused to fell it and agreed to 30% crown reduction. I paid over £650 for the tree man to do the reduction, When he has gone up to do the reduction he discovered that the fungi has spread all the way to the top and eating the tree slowly from the inside the trunk. He advised that it should be felled as soon as possible as this tree has become a real hazard.
I am not sure how I should convince my council in Bucks to agree to fell it. Can someone help? It is a real health and safety issue as a dying tree can easily fall on the house and hurt a family member or cause property damage espcially during strong winds. Are there any laws I can use against the council for their intransigence. If there a law/bylaw that if someone gets hurt will the council be criminally responsible? They are making a decision without looking at the well being of the property owner
Your feedback is highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Si |
How suprising Si - petty bureaucrats making life a misery for someone !
I sympathise !
It would be useful (I think) if you could at least find out WHAT (fungally) is killing the tree, and would suggest that you need to obtain legal advice about what to do with regard to the danger presented by a dying / decayed tree - if only on health and safety grounds (with regard to you / family / general public) since that is what these jobsworths always react to, since they could be held responsible if anything happened and they had failed to investigate properly - but you would have to provide evidence that the tree was a health hazard and needed to be felled !
Apart from these comments, I can only wish you the best of luck !
Nick