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Cutting a tree down

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Manicminer:
You will probably have a few visitors over the next week or 2 if it was 'important'.

bobtailed disco:
depends what type of tree it was, we had a silver birch which we got told afterwards we shouldn't have cut it down.
Bit late when it had gone up in smoke lol.

disco2 td5:
That's the thing it's too late now it's down n at the tip lol if they ask me to plant another I will do I'll just keep it 3 ft tall n cut it back every few months lol when I set off cuttin it I got the big ladder it's about 30ft long I got to the top of that then went about 10 ft in the tree I them though I wonder how high I am n I looked I were higher than the house then for about the next 10 mins fear were with me I've never ever cut a tree down n I did not dammage anything so I were quite happy with myself lol 

Saffy:
I had to google this recently when I was going to winch a neighbours tree down and in short woe-betide if it had a preservation order on it and bare in mind that trees in a conservation area have the same protection as trees protected by a tree preservation order. Landowners need the consent of the council to carry out even the pruning of branches. Statutory maximum fine or twice value of tree fine (how they value a tree I can only guess at) for the cutting down  and up to £20,000 for cutting branches off.
"It's gone now what can I do" is no defence though you can get nabbed 4 years after the fact and as it's supposedly a criminal act it possible to get hauled in for a police interview too before summons. Long as your not living in a conservation area you should be okay nuking your own trees unless there was a restrictive covenant on it or the land but that's a different civil legal matter.

MuddyMike:
We have a lot of trees in the grounds of our house, and its a conservation area. I have looked into this and the rules are that you must not touch any recognised tree that is over 75mm dia at 1m from the ground without planning permission. Certain types (such as Laurel of which we had some massive examples) are not recognised as trees so you can do what you like to them. Cutting down or heavy pruning of a recognised tree carries a very heavy fine whether its yours or not.

If I were you I would check out if you are in a conservation area, and if so expect big trouble.

Why cart all that timber to a dump? Woodburner users would have taken it away for you.

Mike

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