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"And for

just looked; 20  quid an end and 2.40 a metre so 50 quid a length plus
installation so say a  ton a time?)(treeworker.co.uk) "

Hi Bill

Cheers
Nod

To: "UK Tree Care" <uktc@xxxxxx.tree-care.info>
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: Non invasive cable brace[Scanned]

In a message dated 21/12/2006 12:58:36 GMT Standard Time,
ian.may@xxxxxxxxx.gov.uk writes:

I was  trying to find a bricks and mortar comparative analogy. The
closest I could  come up with was; A listed building owner wants to
demolish his building  because he will not accept the costs of
maintaining a safe structure. Such  requests are invariably denied but
here's where the comparison fails  because the LPA can serve a repairs
notice to require the work to a listed  building, although as you
highlight Bill, this is not an option with TPO  trees.



As I see it Ian, the thing about listed buildings is that financial

assistance is available and they will cover a significant chunk of the

cost. The only

grant I have ever seen for tree work has come from the Peak Park and was
aimed more at habitat preservation than actual maintenance, and was only a

piddling 20%. The TO there, bless im, is a bit arbitrary with it and I

have to say

appears to be allowed a long and flexible leash by his bosses.....

The listed building scenario is all a bit complex because the property

market is such that any crumbling pile is likely to get a new owner who

will

restore and gentrify the property, so it will have a market value, a TPO'd

tree

probably hasn't got a market value.

The issue as I see it, is not to do with trees at all, it is to do with

'Freedom.' Generally we don't want our political masters telling us what

to do

cos we know they're even less likely to do the right thing than we are. At

the

heart of it we have this problem that the power to wander into a person's

garden and demand that they grow a tree is draconian (not to mention

bizarre) and

before any 'Agent of the State' exercises that power they ought to have
demonstrably good reason.

I have to say that over the last few months I find myself coming round to

the John Flannigan POV that TPOs should be abandoned and we simply protect

all

trees. It might force all LAs to consider precisely why they should

require

anybody to grow a tree before denying them permission to remove.

As for the cost issue, well yes a cable is initially cheaper, probably,

but

if you're got to climb and inspect the damn thing every year then this

will

soon outweigh the cost of a simple felling job. And yes I have seen trees

with

4 or 5 cables in that could certainly have been felled more cheaply. And

for

what it's worth those Belt and Braces things that Noddy was demonstrating

at

York did not look at all cheap, even if they were reasonable. (Actually

I've

just looked; 20  quid an end and 2.40 a metre so 50 quid a length plus
installation so say a  ton a time?)(treeworker.co.uk)

Bill.



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