I don't usually do this but.....(nb)

Re: I don\'t usually do this but.....(nb)

this is a common trick
we bought some land that has a wrecked barn on it
we obtained permission for the barn to be converted and extended (at appeal)
and then the council has declared the hedgerow an sssi that we will have to tear down for access just to try and stop us
fortunately we can get other access from behind one of the other fields but this is costly and will mean an long expensive track making it a less attractive proposition
basically they are small minded b*st*rds who weild their power for the sake of it rather than for any reason


the council will be mighty suspicious if the trees die and there are hefty fines and you will then be refused permission on your application anyway. you could get your local councillor on side or get youir own report by an arboreculturalist to challenge the tpo making it a condition of approval that you will replant new trees in another position. thats my best advice

as an aside in a former life i was seeking permission for a mast from bridgnorth district council years ago
after 2 years of investigating every site they asked we had to submit our application on a site. the planning officer had a yet another meeting with us and officiously pointed out that iron bridge gorge was about to be made a world heritage site
i lost my temper and pointed out that if bridgnorth dc had been in control then they would have refused abraham derby permission for any of his works and berated his iron bridge as unsightly. then where would their tourist industry be.


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Hmm
There was a beautiful tree in our village that lived in the garden of a lovely old georgian house in which an old couple lived.
The couple eventually died and the house was sold to a tasteless bunch of bastards who ripped out the windows and put plastic ones in. They infested the garden with plastic childrens slides and plastic childrens houses and at christmas they have santa and his reindeer flashing across the roof. They knocked down a lovely old outbuilding and replaced it with a double garage and then they decided that they needed more room to turn their 4x4 around in so they cut down the tree and laid tarmac over what was once a garden of considreable beauty where wildlife was abundent.
There was a tree preservation order on the tree but they decided it was ok to pay the fine.
Maybe the village would have been better off without these people who contribute nothing and take so much.

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Claymore
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Re: I don\'t usually do this but.....(nb)

Copper nails are like lead bullets to trees. Just remember to knock 'em in subtly! Also sponsor a tree to be planted somewhere it is wanted (only about £25) - judge might be a bit kinder on the fine! - there are more sites on internet for this than trees I think...

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Well Mmmmm... I love trees my home is surrounded by them Oaks, mountain ash, sycamores and we have a wonderfull rambiling hawthorn hedgerow and aboundence of wildlife and we are just 10 mins from barnsley town centre. BUT sometimes trees have to be thinned and when building work needs to go ahead then everything has to be taken into account. Somtimes planners can be a bit over the top for a small sypathetic enviromental friendy development, then on the other hand I have seen the same planners pass some diabolicle developements and houses.

Wishbone
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Re: I don\'t usually do this but.....(nb)

Not my area of specialization, but would this "tip-off" constitute a breach of the data protection act?

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Phil
 
Re: I don\'t usually do this but.....(nb)

I have a friend who's a project manager for a large housebuilder, they include 5k per tree for each protected tree on their new site. Which is accidently knocked down by a bulldozer......

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Re: I don\'t usually do this but.....(nb)

Yes officer, I was just exercising my bulldozer in my back garden when I lost control and veered into the trees......four times. I'm just glad nobody was hurt...


LOL
cheers,
david

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Because you're small,...small,...S, M, all.
 
Re: I don\'t usually do this but.....(nb)

copper nails knocked into trees does kill them, i am not advocating that of copurse
stu

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Re: I don\'t usually do this but.....(nb)

cut the bark all the way round about an inch wide usually kills a tree, its what sqirrels and deer do they eat the bark and then it dies
stu

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Re: I don\'t usually do this but.....(nb)

Then you will fall foul of the Environment Dept. Does anyone know how effective copper nails are with squirrels? Much better than with my horse chestnut I hope.

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Re: I don\'t usually do this but.....(nb)

Probably depends on how good you are with a nail gun /forums/images/icons/wink.gif.

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Jeff.

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Re: I don\'t usually do this but.....(nb)

Copper nails, available from any good chandler, will do the trick. Much less conspicuous than ringing (removing a ring of bark around the trunk). Best to hammer them in when the sap's falling in the autumn

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