Our council certainly doesn't readily give permission to remove Ash trees. I recently applied after a healthy branch fell suddenly and, having got advice from a correctly qualified tree surgeon who diagnosed Ash Dieback disease, we were still turned down as the trees are not bad enough yet. I am astounded. These are over 6 stories tall trees that overhang an occupied building as well as a much used garden.
Thank you everybody for all the information provided. I have now been given email address of the person at the county council whom I will contact, provide pictures of the tree and ask to assess the situation. I will ask them to treat my request confidentiality, just to make sure nothing unexpected happens between my message and their visit. I’m not sure about the procedure with the ash trees here, all I know that it was mature and absolutely healthy. One morning we woke up from a horrible noise - it was the tree surgeons cutting it down, it was almost gone by the time we even got out into the garden.
Having worked in an ancient woodland, and being a great lover of trees this thread has attracted my interest. I am not some kind of tree warrior. However I am involved in natural sciences. So much is headline news, climate change, Amazon forests being destroyed etc. Yes in some cases, folk have planted trees in the wrong places. I sympathise with such ones, when perhaps buildings regs enter the equation etc. Sadly this home of ours is really under threat. Trees are so, so very important to us. My hope is, that even with local authorities, that some form of sensible, realistic practice may come about.
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I will ask them to treat my request confidentiality, just to make sure nothing unexpected happens between my message and their visit.
I’m not sure about the procedure with the ash trees here, all I know that it was mature and absolutely healthy. One morning we woke up from a horrible noise - it was the tree surgeons cutting it down, it was almost gone by the time we even got out into the garden.