Sounds like root pruning is inevitable, shaving I would discount. We had a
lost appeal on this a few years ago, but it was another dubious report from
a particular inspector (Hutton maybe?). Mature plane, private street, up
and under garage door blocked by roots, owner proposed fell, we responded
with root prune, inspector decided for fell.
Do I recall Birmingham has a regular root pruning programme?
Quoting Jon Lambourne <Jon.Lambourne@xxxxxxxxxxx.gov.uk>:
Greetings all,
Some lucky (?) residents in Canterbury are fortunate enough to live in a
street blessed with an avenue of mature, unpollarded London Plane trees
planted in the footway...
Unfortunately, root growth near the base of some of these trees is
causing humps in the footway crossovers, such that cars are grounding as
residents access their garages. Raising the level of the footway and
crossovers above the roots is only going to make the problem worse, so
Highway Engineer's thoughts are turning to root pruning or shaving off
the top off the roots...
I recall a case study and photo in Biddle's book on subsidence where a
slice was taken from the base of a tree in contact with a wall - and
wondered if anyone had experience of doing something similar to roots, or
had any other (helpful) suggestions that will solve the access problems
and save the trees?
Hopefully,
Jon
Jon Lambourne
Arboricultural Officer
Canterbury City Council
01227 862487
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