If you are concerned about the health and safety of your trees, our surveys will identify poor vitality, structural defects, pest & disease, decay or conflicts with the tree’s immediate environment. We give recommendations to reduce risk and potential liability and provide very competitive costs for remedial tree work. This can be for a home owner, larger land owner or estate to multi site UK wide company.

Any planning application for development to a Local Planning Authority will require as part of the process a BS5837 2012 tree survey on those trees that are affected by a development proposal.

Our BS5837 2012 Survey will determine those trees that could be affected by the design and maximize the site potential whilst meeting the planning process requirements.

A Pre-purchase Tree Survey and Report is often required by a mortgage lender or insurer before you can buy a house. These organisations require reassurance that any trees within or nearby your potential new property are not going to pose a threat to the structure of your house or harm anyone in your home or on your land.

Advice on woodland management providing long term woodland management plans to ensure that your woodland is maintained in a healthy condition. This can include specific Ash Die Back surveys.

Aims underpin the reasoning for and how a strategy is written. This is shown by using up-to-date information from a variety of relevant sources to produce a core strategy that dispenses a tree owner’s Duty of Care. This will show in brief terms that the strategy is relevant and fit for purpose.

Objectives need to show how the aims are to be achieved by detailing the key purpose of the strategy; to produce a defendable, proportionate response to risk with management consistent with a practical duty of care based on reasonableness. Solid objectives which refer to KPI’s, with known management issues, enables managers, operatives and public to know what’s happening where and when.

The scope of the strategy must explain how the objectives are to be achieved. The main way it does this is by explaining how a proactive tree survey system records how trees are assessed and by whom with an appropriate response to the issue of tree risk and management. It also shows what the strategy will not survey or record so there are no areas of ambiguity and how it adheres to best practice

Illustrates the tree stock on site, previous surveys and what tree works have taken place to date. Shows if there is already a history of tree risk management and so there is already a framework from which the strategy can work from and indicators to where improvements can be made. Promotes detailed tree surveys with a detailed knowledge of tree stock.

Determines areas of most risk to people and property so that not all of the trees have to be inspected and that those that are, are not subject to inspection all of the time and thus creates a proportionate response. This focuses resources on the highest area of risk and recognises those trees which can be left thereby increasing wildlife value.

Details the requirements of data input from both internal and external resources which will result in a balanced and cost effective approach. This approach will show how cost savings can be made and the level of training required for internal staff and where external consultants will be required. This focuses resources to where they are most needed and also ensures that the guidance is adhered to.

Details the number of inspections required both by internal and external resources, re-actively and proactively. Reactive inspections will most commonly be required following bad weather and will be limited to those trees with obvious and serious defects. This focuses resources and also ensures that the guidance is adhered to and that the amount of inspections is enough to administer the duty of care.

Details the systems used for identifying the risk for all types of surveys within the strategy. There is a more simple method for internal staff and the main bulk of “professional “surveying and a quantitative system for the most detailed inspections. This is a balanced approach using the skills to hand in a proportionate way and therefore cost. This focuses resources and abilities to those trees with the highest risk whilst ensuring that best practice is adhered to.

The criterion for priorities is confirmed so that a programmed approach to managing risk focuses budgets to those works most necessary. This forms a balanced and reasonable approach to risk and enables a programmed system of works to better manage and justify available budgeting. Urgent works can be dealt with as a priority.

By stating the control measures available provides the options to either reduce a risk or eliminate the risk posed by a defective tree. Tree felling, in other words, loss of the resource doesn’t always have to be the answer. It should be noted that the first action doesn’t have to be against the tree. Removing a target away from a tree can be used to ensure a tree is retained and the risk is prevented or reduced to an acceptable level. This may also be a more economic option.

The strategy details who within the organisation has ultimate responsibility for the implementation of the strategy along with other organisations and third parties responsibilities. A long term strategy will transcend a changing workforce and ensure consistency

Will ensure the data is accurate, fit for purpose and validates the strategy. Ensure consistent work across tree stock. This also is a means to informing an executive level that the system is working or not working, if not the executive level then has to make decisions for improvement. A review will Gives the client the opportunity to ensure the strategy is working, up to date and relevant and so that improvements can be made where necessary.

The strategy illustrates that there are a number of actions required to fulfill the strategy and that there is a requirement for effective levels of internal and external staff. This focuses resources on where they are most needed and enable budgets to be known and limited.