Supported by the Arborcentre

UKTC Archive

tree-care.info for tree advice

RE: Highway Tree Pruning By Adjacent Residents

Subject: RE: Highway Tree Pruning By Adjacent Residents
From: Booth, John
Date: Apr 10 2002 13:58:59
Title: Highway Tree Pruning By Adjacent Residents
Andy,
 
Not an uncommon experience but as you say without evidence what can you do?  Even when evidence is available would your legal bods support you?
 
I have always written to those close by to advise of the criminal activity - which is what I beleive it to be after all, and asked for information.  This appears to do the trick ie put the wind up the miscreants and dissuade them from doing it again.
 
John
-----Original Message-----
From: Jones, Andy [mailto:andrew.jones@xxxxxxxxxxxx.gov.uk]
Sent: 10 April 2002 14:30
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: Highway Tree Pruning By Adjacent Residents

Has any one had experience of residents taking it upon themselves to prune highway trees and what action (if any) did you take to stop a domino effect occurring with other residents deciding to prune themselves?

I'm dealing with a complaint that a couple of residents have re-pollarded Limes upsetting the aesthetics of an avenue setting. So its not just a case of abating a nuisance. I don't think the authorities maintenance is in any way unreasonable, the trees were previously pollarded to 5 metres above street level three years ago and since then the trees have put on about 3.5m re-growth. We have removed epicormics in June each year, and carried out crown lifting to the height of the pollarding point last year.

I'm looking at doing a positive press release on why the council maintain highway trees and the efforts that we will go to protect them as a public asset, coupled with a letter to the residents of the street in question.

Only problem is I'm not sure how far we will be going to protect them in terms of action we can take without any witnesses!

Regards,
Andrew Jones - Tree Officer
Tel: 01773 841536
Fax: 01773 841539



************************************************************************************
This email has been sent via the Internet. Internet communications
are not secure against interception or modification. Amber Valley
Borough Council therefore cannot guarantee that this email has not
been modified in transit, and this email on its own should not be
viewed as contractually binding.

This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and
intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you have received this
email in error please notify the sender and destroy your copies of
the email and any attached files.
************************************************************************************
Amber Valley Borough Council,
Town Hall, Market Place, Ripley, Derbyshire DE5 3QX.
Why not visit our website http://www.ambervalley.gov.uk


**********************************************************************
The views expressed in this email are personal and may not
necessarily reflect those of Derby City Council, unless explicitly
stated otherwise

This email, and any files transmitted with it, are confidential and
intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they
are addressed. If you have received this email in error, please
notify me immediately.

If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you should not
copy it for any purpose, or disclose its contents to any other
person.

This footnote also confirms that this email message has been
swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses.
However, we cannot accept liability for viruses that may be in
this e-mail. We recommend that you check all e-mails with an
appropriate virus scanner.

www.mimesweeper.com
**********************************************************************

Current thread