Bye Bye Trees :(

prospect

I work in a business beside the M50 near the Red cow.

Just outside our fence (immediately outside) is a row of 20-30 ft birch trees that screen us from the road.

Today, the JCB's moved in and are currently pulling them down. It is awful,. and I can't imagine why, they are hardely going to have the road right up against our fence.

10-10-20

Ah - it may be related to this...
http://www.promedmail.org/pls/askus/f?p=2400:1001:3024560108336853574::NO::F2400_P1001_BACK_PAGE,F2400_P1001_PUB_MAIL_ID:1000,38869

(as you live outside the pale, you won't receive the Southside/Dublin/Northside People!)

Oldtree

The host trees of fireblight are usually those of the Pomoideae sub-family (plants with apple like fruits) crab apples, sorbus and hawthorn, also cotoneaster and pyracanthy shrubs.

Birch does not have apple like fruits, they have catkins. It is unlightly that fireblight is the problem.

It may be one of the following:

honey fungus/phytophthora
root or butt rot
physical damage to the structure/base of the tree
road salt

fear that the leaves and catkins may make the road slippy when they fall from the tree

wanton destruction by eejets

who owns the trees? ask them why they were removed and if they intend to replace them?

Was there a sufficient number of trees to warrent a felling licence being required? The trees may than have been removed illegally?

Oldtree

were the trees to be retained as part of the planning permission for your building? if so then the enforcement section of the council may well be interested.

mike65

prospect give the council a call on Monday

Mike.

Oldtree

The details of the planning conditions may be available on the council's website. Mayo coco has all documents on their planning website. You would be looking for the scheule of conditions usually associated with the planning grant.

May be worth contacting the heritage (natural) section of the coco, they may be able to further advise you.

Oldtree

maby the environment section of the coco too!

Oldtree

See:

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/index.jsp?file=forestry/pages/forest_service.xml
http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/index.jsp?file=forestry/pages/felling_and_legislation.xml

Under the 1946 Forestry Act, landowners are required to give notice of intention to fell trees, following which Prohibition Orders are normally served. These remain in force pending the issuing of a Limited Felling Licence, which can include environmental and replanting conditions. General Felling Licences are normally granted to large estates where a management programme is in place, or for lands where scattered trees must be cleared in order to enable new planting or for silvicultural thinnings. A total of 807 Felling Notices were lodged in 2003, with 523 Limited Felling Licences and 38 General Felling Licences issued in that same year.

This implies that any tree felling requires a licence, except those which are hazardous/angerous following assessment by an arborist.

Oldtree

See:

http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/index.jsp?file=forestry/pages/forest_service.xml
http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/index.jsp?file=forestry/pages/felling_and_legislation.xml

Under the 1946 Forestry Act, landowners are required to give notice of intention to fell trees, following which Prohibition Orders are normally served. These remain in force pending the issuing of a Limited Felling Licence, which can include environmental and replanting conditions. General Felling Licences are normally granted to large estates where a management programme is in place, or for lands where scattered trees must be cleared in order to enable new planting or for silvicultural thinnings. A total of 807 Felling Notices were lodged in 2003, with 523 Limited Felling Licences and 38 General Felling Licences issued in that same year.

This implies that any tree felling requires a licence, except those which are hazardous/dangerous following assessment by an arborist.