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  • 'Capping' trees. What do I need to know?
  • Pook
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    This weekend, despite the wind, I’m going to take the tops off three mature trees in our garden. Anything I particularly need to know to avoid killing them?

    easygirl
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    Make sure there are no protection orders on them!
    I started cutting one down and there was

    footflaps
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    Also, if you’re in a Conservation Area you’ll need planning permission.

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    stealthcat
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    What kind of tree are they? Some may cope better than others…

    bigjim
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    They might look a bit odd. My old man is obsessed with doing this and the garden is full of ugly half trees. Depending on what they are they might not regain their proper habit.

    Jakester
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    footflaps – Member
    Also, if you’re in a Conservation Area you’ll need planning permission.

    Not strictly correct – you do need local authority permission, but it’s a different process to planning permission. It’s the akin to applying if the tree has a TPO on it.

    footflaps
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    Not strictly correct – you do need local authority permission, but it’s a different process to planning permission

    Not in the conservation areas in Cambridge it’s not, you have to apply for PP to cut a tree down.

    Eg this is a neighbour’s application….

    Bunnyhop
    Full Member

    I thought it was better to chop either in autumn/later summer, or spring/early summer. Maybe someone with better knowledge will come along soon.

    alisonsmiles
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    What kind of trees are we talking? If they are spreading broadleaves they’ll look weird and unbalanced if you don’t prune thoughtfully, shortening side branches and selectively thinning. If they are tall spiky but not ever green – birch trees etc. then at this time of year there probably isn’t much harm you can do to the tree. How you lower the bits you cut off and how you make sure you are safe from rebound etc. is more of a concern. Ever greens give them a good old disturbance first and make sure there aren’t any sheltering birds. Be careful if you’re taking side branches out of those too – some kinds never ever green up again and you’ll end up forever with brown patches.

    Are you climbing said trees in gale force wind? It’s possibly safer to do that in those conditions with rope and harness than risk a sail like ladder …

    Pook
    Full Member

    It’s the tall one with the berries on the right, and the twiggy one in front of it

    Jakester
    Free Member

    footflaps – Member
    Not in the conservation areas in Cambridge it’s not, you have to apply for PP to cut a tree down.

    Eg this is a neighbour’s application….

    Well, I don’t know how every LA treats it, but it’s an application for consent to do works under s211 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

    http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/8/section/211

    http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/tree-preservation-orders/protecting-trees-in-conservation-areas/section-211-notices/

    It’s not a formal application for planning permission, however, because if the notice is not determined within 6 weeks by the LA, the landowner can do the work.

    I suspect what you’ve found is the record held by the LA, which is convenient to include in the register of planning applications.

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