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Tree Safety

Tree owners have a legal responsibility and duty of care to ensure the safety of their land / land vicinity, property, and visitors. This falls under legislation Occupiers Liability Act 1984. This ruling applies to all tree owners, both commercial and domestic.

 Our surveys identify Health & Safety issues and  provide Tree Risk Management mitigations. They are based around the practice of visual tree assessment  (VTA) including structural and physical condition and surrounding environmental factors and follow Guidance note 8 produced by the Arboricultural Association.

Tree Management can range from a single tree to estate land and forests. Whichever category you fit in, you need to ensure reasonable measures of safety of your trees and show regular tree inspections have been carried out by a competent person.

Mortgage & Insurance Reports

We provide a tailored Tree Survey Report for homebuyers and homeowners in respect of a home purchase or mortgage / insurance renewal. Our Tree Survey Reports take into consideration trees that have impacting factors on nearby structures, reviewing risks including foreseeable concerns, and direct or indirect potential damage to permanent building structures including subsidence.

Additional information can be detailed in our Tree Survey Report to include both your Tree Stock and a recommended Management plan going forward, as well as potential damage to the likes of driveways, paths etc. We also can also highlight potential issues and mitigations to avoid shrinking soils, root displacement, stem / branch contact etc.

Early identification and recommendations will allow preventative tree stock management, pruning works and tree felling to be undertaken.

We provide arboricultural reports for your insurer and work closely with loss adjusters, solicitors and your neighbours to establish the cause of the damage and provide a suitable solution.

Planning Reports

If you are proposing site works, demolition or construction in proximity to a tree, there is a potential for damage to the tree and its growing conditions from the works and vice versa. Also, if there are trees on or around your site, or within impacting distance of proposed works (Inc. groundworks / construction etc.), you will need arboricultural guidance to inform and support your planning application.

We complete our Tree Surveys to British Standard 5837: 2012 (Trees in Relation to Design, Demolition, and Construction).

How does this affect me?  When planning for your project, it is imperative that all tree related policies follow BS5837 to ensures defensible Arboriculture applications, and reduce time delays commonly associated with planning applications.

You need to know that even if your construction, demolition project is in proximity to a tree you are at risk in damaging said tree / growing conditions. This will impact your planning application and will need to be included within your TreeSurvey Report.

Tree Preservation Order Applications

Are you in a Conservation Area or is your tree covered by a Tree Preservation Order (TPO)?

Urban Tree are able to undertake Tree Survey Report and include checking for any TPO that may be in place on your tree stock.

If your Tree stock comes under either a TPO or is in a Conservation area, you will need to contact and gain permission from your council to undertake any work. As a part of our service, we can do this for you, taking the stress out of the application process for you.

It is common practice for our Surveyors to submit TPO works applications. Combined with our reports we have the experience to produce detailed tree work recommendations to support your requests. We also can advise the best course of action for your tree stock.

Tree Selection & Planting

We can provide advice on the “right tree in the right place” supported with specialist tree sourcing and planting of trees of all shapes and sizes. Giving your tree investment the best chance of establishing successfully.

Air Spading & Vertical Mulching

Improving the soil quality often after a change in the trees growing conditions, such as building works nearby, can significantly improve the trees ability to cope with it’s changing landscape and encourage new growth.

Onsite Arboricultural Supervision

Often during the construction process an arboricultural supervisor will be required as part of the planning conditions. We can supply consultants, to attend site during works, who have experience in supporting developers by leading their teams through the process of working under the conditions laid out in an Arboricultural Method Statement to ensure compliance.

Additional Consultancy Services

Tender writing, checking of contractual compliance, specialist surveying techniques and support for both tree procurement managers, construction managers and Arboricultural contractors.

  • Build it.

  • Care for it.

  • Grow it.

  • Maintain it.

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