General Chat

Thanks Hilary. I'll have a look at that.

Dianne xx

hello,

The website bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A4643462 might be of help.
I found it from googling 'stump grinder' which was what OH said you might need.

Thank you for all your help everyone.

Brian, I think I will be joining you in those nightmares now. I'll be getting chased by a load of council men waving nasty letters at me !!

Dianne xx

Thank goodness for that Errol. No notices of preservation orders have been received. Problem is we have a woman next door who is of the bovine persuasion and her phone would be red hot if she knows about it.

Dianne xx

Diane stop panicking you are probably fine.
And if a preservation order had been granted at some point in the past they would have had to inform you anyway.

I've C&P Kitty's link which directed me to my own council, but I can't see anything relevant on their website.

Obviously I daren't phone them and ask now.

Dianne xx

A tree is generally defined as being a plant with one trunk.

Basically you have to be aware of tree preservation orders and conservation areas. You can be fined up to £20k if you chop down a tree in such an area without permission.

Lol Bob

An army friend did offer some assistance along those lines, but I only want rid of the tree not the whole housing estate!!

Dianne xx

Might be the only option left though soon!!

pruning is ok, but DRASTIC pruning may be frowned upon,
My daughter in Kirklees had to get permission to have a tree felled......was half dead anyway...and was in danger of damaging the house if it fell on its own...Bob

re removing the stump...........reviewing a "blaster bates" tape may give you some assistance!!!


you COULD find someone with a copious supply of termites?

It is very unlikely that there is anything on the market which will have even the slightest effect on killing the stump.

All garden chemicals which had even the slightest toxicity were banned by Mr Blair's government a few years ago. It is even illegal to have a can of creosote in your shed these days.

http://www.onlineplanningoffices.co.uk/html/additional_advice/tree_preservation_orders.php

Open this site and enter your postcosde at the bottom and it will tell you if any preservation orders are in your area.................you might be fine, don't worry:)

As for getting permission to fell trees. I'm in a quandary - how is a tree determined?
About 15 years ago, I bought what the label called a dwarf Ceanthus. It is now about 12 ft high and 20 ft wide, is in the front garden - and is much admired in the neighbourhood.
However it is essentialy a shrub albeit of a tree size, and is dying. Would I need permission to fell it?
Every year I prune it (without permission), but am a little concerned that if I fell it I will be reported, as it will be missed.

maggie

Ooo Errr

We had no idea.

Too late now !!

In certain, but not all, cases you do require planning consent to remove a tree.

You have to have permission from our local council to cut down any trees.................even the ones in your own garden.

You can buy root killer that you spread on the cut bit of stump, and cover it with plastic to stop the rain washing it off.
I've only used it on Buddleah and elder saplings, so not sure how long it takes on a full size tree.

maggie

Permission to remove it ?????

Que ???

Hello Julie

How are You?

If you drill holes into it it will kill it off, but in the top bit and not the sides