woodland owners and estates

tree surveys and risk management plans FROM A COMPETENT AND INSURED PROFESSIONAL

Landowners have a duty of care to avoid injury or damage to persons or property as a result of trees growing on their land.

While informal assessments of the risks from trees have their uses, a more rigorous approach to demonstrating this duty of care involves a formal survey of the property and the subsequent production of a written tree risk management plan. 

The plan should record the location of all trees with a potential to cause harm and it should identify where remedial work is required to address defects and hazards.  It should also prescribe an ongoing inspection regime that is commensurate with the level of risk present. 

While the plan does not need to be elaborate or time consuming to implement, it should be clearly worded, easy to use, unambiguous and appropriate to the circumstances of the property in question.

As a LANTRA-qualified professional tree inspector, I am able to assist social enterprises by producing a tree risk management plan that meets with these requirements.  

I am also able to undertake the tree inspection work that the plan recommends and implement any remedial arboricultural works that are prescribed.

In all aspects of my work, I endeavour to deliver value for money and to make it easy for customers to return with repeat business. I do this by ensuring that my tree risk management plans are keenly priced and tailored to reflect the specific situation on the ground and the requirements of the customer.

To ensure that I make the correct recommendations and understand the  customer's needs, I undertake a free of charge preliminary assessment of the property.  This allows me to meet the owner (or manager) and discuss his or her requirements without having to worry about time spent or fees accruing at this early stage.

Having done that, I can then suggest an appropriate approach to the survey and provide an estimate of the cost in writing.  

I use digital mapping (GIS) to convert my survey fieldwork into maps that support the risk management plan.  These maps are then supplied in PDF format so scale copies can be printed whenever required.  Furthermore, I am happy to supply the raw data as an ESRI compatible shapefile, allowing customers to maintain their own digital record of tree inspections and corrective actions.

I also undertake BS5837 tree surveys to support planning applications.  This will be useful where customers intend to develop buildings, parking areas, campsites or implement any other change of land use that requires planning permission. 

As with all my work, my reports look professional and they are comprehensive, clear and formatted with the aim of making it easy for local government planners to understand the situation on the ground and approve an application.

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