Re: Overhanding trees with TPO
Re: Overhanding trees with TPO
Posted by: stuart kidd (IP Logged)
Date: February 16, 2011 12:38
I am a Tree Officer, and can tell you that this is a very common question.
The confusion comes from part of the (Town and Country Planning) Act that states you can carry out works to abate a nuisance. Some people have interpreted this to mean that they can prune back any overhanging branches, but that is wrong. An nuisance must be an actionable or legal nusiance.
An example of a legal is if the branches were obstructing your use of a public highway.
So in short get an application form for works on a TPO tree and submit this to the council you pay your council tax to.
The confusion comes from part of the (Town and Country Planning) Act that states you can carry out works to abate a nuisance. Some people have interpreted this to mean that they can prune back any overhanging branches, but that is wrong. An nuisance must be an actionable or legal nusiance.
An example of a legal is if the branches were obstructing your use of a public highway.
So in short get an application form for works on a TPO tree and submit this to the council you pay your council tax to.
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PeterD | 01/01/2011 18:57 |
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stuart kidd | 16/02/2011 12:38 |
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