Edmund:
very little interest in the notion of balance. Trees are always
modified by their environments - even the open grown tree is shaped by a
prevailing wind-<
I agree, and have read my Mattheck, but I think there's a difference
between the way a tree optimises itself in response to its envirnoment
and the way it might be left after a pruning operation ( analagous with
exposure after a clear-fell and windlblow?), and of course if you've
TPO'd a tree on aesthetic merits you surely think twice before allowing
anything to detract from that? Well I do. IMO it's a dilemma: the Tpo
places an obstacle in the way of what everyone else has as an ancient
right in common law - to prune off an overhang.
I try to be fair to all needs in the equation - human and tree biology.
It requiers the judgment of Solomom at times.
Alan
-----Original Message-----
From: Edmund Hopkins [mailto:Edmund.Hopkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.gov.uk]
Sent: 13 November 2007 13:53
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: RE: Compensation [Scanned]
Quoting "Wallbank, Alan" <Alan.Wallbank@xxxxxxxx.gov.uk>:
I come across this issue with protected trees on boundaries (- much
better if these aren't TPO'd ? -) where one neighbour applies to
reduce the overhang on their side only, and I want to see the tree
balanced so would like to say that it should be crown reduced globally
not asymmetrically.
Interesting to hear what others think...
For myself Alan I have very little interest in the notion of balance.
Trees are always modified by their environments - even the open grown
tree is shaped by a prevailing wind- and marked imbalances are almost as
common in nature as they are in towns. Unless the matter is utterly
extreme, I'd say the less pruning the better.
Edmund
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