My turn to rant (numpty neighbour)

I think you don't even have to own a tree to have a tpo put on it. You could do some real trolling by getting them set up on neighbours trees
 
Magic_x_uk said:
slightly o/t but this TPO. If the tree is in your own garden. You actually have to ask the council? if you want to prune it, cut it etc?

I didnt know this.

It is a shock, that you could own you own home and you could possibly have trees in your garden that you are not legally allowed to cut.

But back to OP, hope your/your parents get this sorted. Some peope (ie your neighbours) have nothing better to do at times.

Hope it works out for your parents easily.
Click to expand...

We've run into similar things at church. We have some oaks in the church grounds and we have to be super careful about anything we do in the grounds to make sure we don't touch the trees. People have asked about hanging banners off them and all sorts and the answer is always no, as they are protected and we'd need explicit permission to do anything to them.
 
The protection of trees seems to be marred by loopholes though.

For example, there have been a couple of properties built over the road from my parents which used to have large tall trees which were protected.

The most recent one, the people who lived in the house in a neighboring road sold the land by halving their garden so that a new house could be built. As there are protected trees on the piece of land, getting planning permission to build on it isn't possible.

The Developer that bought the land straight away sent in some dodgy guys, they cut down everything. We phoned the council, but by the time they were there it was too late. The land then sat empty for two years before they applied for planning permission and were granted it, because the trees were gone. Annoyingly, the council also made 'filling-in' properties illegal just a month after they applied.

So trees gone and a new house which shouldn't really be there now.
 
Nexus said:
Annoyingly, the council also made 'filling-in' properties illegal just a month after they applied.
Click to expand...

What do you mean???

In-fill developments happen all the time?

As for the trees and neighbours OP tell them to go forth. I work for a large MNC with a lot of land onwership and I get all sorts of people calling to complain about the trees.

I quote our "green" policy at them and say we won't do anything unless there is damage to a building. I found this link very useful:

http://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/environment-and-planning/planning/trees/trees-information.aspx
 
Write to council planning department asking for a copy of the TPO, enclose cheque for £20, wait for it to arrive, take it round neighbours house, rub it in their face.

Also, if you want to be petty, check to see if they've pruned the tree in anyway on their side of the garden, if they have, report them to the council.
 
SeatIbiza said:
What do you mean???

In-fill developments happen all the time?
Click to expand...

When I said 'council', I was referring to the local council within the town which my parents live, which has recently passed a law to stop it happening.
Largely because the town is overcrowded as it is, so they are restricting it to stop the town growing further than what they have passed for developments.

This doesn't apply to every council in the country.
 
People moving and then complaining annoy me. It's like Castle Combe race circuit. In the last 10 years some NIMBYs have bought houses nearby and then complained about the noise. The race circuit has been there for 61 years. It was there before you bought your house. It was there before your house was even built. Before it was a race circuit it was a WW2 airfield (1941 IIRC). If you don't like the noise then don't buy a house next to it! :mad: :mad: :rolleyes:.

</rant>



Depends how well you get on with the neighbours really.

  1. Just tell them you'd love to, but as there's a preservation order you can't.
  2. Remind them that the trees have been there 150 years, and infact they were there before they bought their house and even before their house was even built.
  3. Letter from your parents solicitor.

Tree in our back garden has a preservation order or whatever our council call it on it. Have to get permission etc to prune it :(.

That said, I may know someone who may have used rusty nails and car battery acid when a protected tree was in their way.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom