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L90OOK:
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--- Quote from: "madmatt" ---Do you have permission from the land owners to remove timber from green lanes, If you don't have his/her specific permission its actually theft!
Silly I know but a lot of land owners are anti, and would quite happily report you for takin their wood!
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Thats an interesting point. That'll be an interesting one to look up. I know that if a tree falls on the highway, then it is down to the landowner to clear it or the Council bill them. But if it is old dead wood that has fallen as a result of age?
I'm wondering if it is similar to the bit in the Theft Act, that say you can pick part of a wild plant on public land, as long as it is not uprooted and the part that has been taken is not sold for profit.
I shall make a few enquiries into the legalities of that.
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I looked into a similar thing. My neighbor had a 40ft conifer tree on our border & it blocked most of the afternoon sun in our garden, overhang my driveway so cars always covered in sap & pigeon poo. Anyway after a few discussions with the neighbors they refused to chop tree down or reduce it (I said i'd pay half the costs). Sooo...this led me to looking into what I could do to legally...
I could chop the tree that overhung our garden as long as I put all the chopped bits back into the owners garden (otherwise it would be theft) :twisted:
So I went back to the neighbors with this & low & behold I returned home about two weeks ago to find the tree gone :shock:
So I guess the answer to your Q is no you just can't tidy a lane up & take the wood home...it would technically be theft :roll: Not good for a man of your social standing :lol:
Lord Shagg-Pyle:
--- Quote from: "Bishops Finger" --- (not Blue Chep because the paint when burns makes your head go wierd)..... 8) :lol: :lol:
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And the problem with that is? :D
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Lord Shagg-Pyle:
Being a bit of a geek, I've been having a quick hunt through my law books and have found this.
Excuse the techy bit.
Under the sub-section of Property, Section 4 of the Theft Act, 1968 (I know Boggert, its been superceded! I'm not that much of a dinosaur!)
Mushrooms or flowers, fruit or foilage from a plant (but not the plant itself) growing wild cannot be stolen unless for reward, sale or commercial use.
I would suggest that fallen wood comes into that category, on public land, tresspass being a totally different thing.
I'm not picking it, cutting it, uprooting it or destroying the entire plant. It is not being done for commercial gain, reward or to be sold. :?
I shall make more enquiries.
Bishops Finger:
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--- Quote from: "Bishops Finger" --- (not Blue Chep because the paint when burns makes your head go wierd)..... 8) :lol: :lol:
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And the problem with that is? :D
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Tis not the same wierdness as Leffe............ :shock: 8)
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