It's helpful that you've gone to the trouble of a longish reply Mike because
tree officers will increasingly be confronting this dilemma and arguing the
case against.
Still we are all small fish in the council pond and if selling services is
the political imperative that is what will happen, with or without the humble
TO. Kent CC has a long track record in the matter, as Jon's links make clear,
others are playing catch up.
The way individual TO's face up to unpalatable policies will vary, but we all
must be mindful of professional ethics set out by the various industry
bodies. For my part if I am uneasy about an instruction I leave a paper
trail, and as everyone in planning knows, the officer recommends but someone
else decides.
Edmund
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Lawson [mailto:michael.lawson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk]
Sent: 20 December 2011 18:05
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: Councils Carrying Out Tree Inspections on Private Land
"The proposal is that we would carry out inspections on private trees, for a
fee and as long as the trees are not covered by any statutory protection."
It would be wise to look at this matter across a range of issues:
* Public Purse
* Public Policy
* Equitability
* Conflicts of interest
* Impacts
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