Statuatory Obligations for Edinburgh Homeowners regarding Tree Care
If you are a homeowner you are likely also a tree owner. This comes with a suite of responsibilities that often go unthought of until a critical moment when property or human safety is endangered. With the increasing numbers of storms and our growing desire to protect our natural environment, coming up with a plan for your trees is more important now than ever. Edinburgh Tree Surgeons are here to help guide you through the legal and practical obstacles of tree care to ensure the best for both you and your trees.
Aside from ensuring that your trees aren’t blocking any important public signage or walkways, keeping them routinely pruned is important for property maintenance. Although this seems easy enough, it is essential to know that there exists a specific British Standard for pruning trees and in certain parts of the city it is mandatory to be followed. If your property is within a Conservation Area or if there is a Tree Protection Order in place then a planning application must be filed through Edinburgh City Council before any work can commence.
The application process can be tricky to navigate and lengthy communication between the council and the applicant is often necessary. Edinburgh Tree Surgeons have the capacity to quickly and efficiently make this application on your behalf for a nominal fee. We are experts in navigating the legal environment surrounding trees. Every member of our staff is highlytrained in tree climbing, pruning and tree removal in urban environments. Our training regime actively encourages and pays for staff to develop skills required to far exceed our competition.
Training our staff to work at a high standard means the trees we work on will be as healthy as can be, clients will be happy and the planning department will be satisfied with the quality of our work.
