Hi all

We have trees accross the back of our garden the tress are getting to the level where they are interferring with television reception, i have already had an extension installed to take the height of the ariel up.

Are the local councils duty bound to top the trees?

Thanks

If the trees are growing by a pavement you need to contact the Highways dept of your county council, otherwise, you need to find out who the landowner is. If the trees are on council land yes they do have a responsibility to maintain them, otherwise no.

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But what does "maintain" mean? Trees grow. As long as they are healthy and not a danger, does anyone have a right to TV reception?

It is a protected service, but that is usually taken to mean against electrical/RF noise. A new warehouse caused severe ghosting on TV reception in our local town and I believe the developers ended up having to install Free-sat for everyone affected. That of course may be the cheapest solution for the tree owners, rather than pruning them.

On Fri, 1 Jul 2011 20:54:09 +0000, Granity
wrote:


kay;928737 Wrote:
But what does "maintain" mean? Trees grow. As long as they are healthy
and not a danger, *does anyone have a right to TV reception?*

It is a protected service, but that is usually taken to mean against
electrical/RF noise. A new warehouse caused severe ghosting on TV
reception in our local town and I believe the developers ended up having
to install Free-sat for everyone affected. That of course may be the
cheapest solution for the tree owners, rather than pruning them.

I find that in most cases, trees are more interesting to watch than
TV.

"Fuschia" wrote
Granity wrote:

kay; Wrote:
But what does "maintain" mean? Trees grow. As long as they are healthy
and not a danger, *does anyone have a right to TV reception?*

It is a protected service, but that is usually taken to mean against
electrical/RF noise. A new warehouse caused severe ghosting on TV
reception in our local town and I believe the developers ended up having
to install Free-sat for everyone affected. That of course may be the
cheapest solution for the tree owners, rather than pruning them.

I find that in most cases, trees are more interesting to watch than
TV.

Actually we are finding we don't watch so much TV at the moment, just
nothing worth watching, nothing interesting, despite all the channels. Where
are Panorama, Horizon, Time Team and similar programmes?

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Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK

Leeds Council website has a summary of the legal position on trees.
Forest of Leeds – Trees and the Law

It includes this paragraph
"You cannot compel a neighbouring landowner to manage their trees or to carry out tree work to your satisfaction unless you bring forward and win a civil action – you could consult an experienced solicitor to see if you have proper grounds to proceed with this. The Government has been considering introducing new legislation in this area, but this is not yet drafted."

On Jul 2, 9:36*am, Martin wrote:
On Sat, 2 Jul 2011 08:05:28 +0100, "Bob Hobden"
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"Fuschia" *wrote
* Granity wrote:

kay; Wrote:
But what does "maintain" mean? Trees grow. As long as they are healthy
and not a danger, *does anyone have a right to TV reception?*

It is a protected service, but that is usually taken to mean against
electrical/RF noise. A new warehouse caused severe ghosting on TV
reception in our local town and I believe the developers ended up having
to install Free-sat for everyone affected. That of course may be the
cheapest solution for the tree owners, rather than pruning them.

I find that in most cases, trees are more interesting to watch than
TV.

Actually we are finding we don't watch so much TV at the moment, just
nothing worth watching, nothing interesting, despite all the channels. Where
are Panorama, Horizon, Time Team and similar programmes?

Panorama is still on every week. The next Horizon and Panorama are on
July 7th. Time Team is on More4.http://www.radiotimes.com
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Martin- Hide quoted text -

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Why the hell can't you start your own topic and not take over an
unrelated one for your inane chatter?

Fuschia wrote:

I find that in most cases, trees are more interesting to watch than
TV.

Especially _The Larch_
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Duncan. Not a stupid question that some might think, but, did you send the Invoice to the Council for them to pay OR, have you made a claim against the council?

If 'no' to both these questions, how far back was it that you had an extension fitted 'to overcome the problem THEIR trees was producing'?

I have had quite a bit of success in winning battles with Local Councils which have ended with roads being 're-aligned' in two seperate case to get rid of surface water and in one case, planning permission NOT being granted on a piece of land the council wishes to sell for housing and has JUST been designated a Wildlife Area.

I am more than willing to advise. Just email me. The secret is "the wording in the letter" ;-))

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On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 17:20:01 +0100, Jake Nospam@invalid wrote:

On Sat, 02 Jul 2011 10:29:31 -0400, Gary Woods
wrote:

Fuschia wrote:

I find that in most cases, trees are more interesting to watch than
TV.

Especially _The Larch_
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Which non-Python fans won't understand Damn! Now you've got me
trying to recall the other tree that got a single honourable mention
at the end of that episode.


The horse chestnut

rbel

Thanks for the help Coleslaw

Contacted the council, still waiting for a call back.