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Tree is to big, no light in house, bird poo on car
Reported via mobile in the Tree is considered to be causing damage category anonymously at 08:45, Thu 19 August 2021
Sent to Peterborough City Council less than a minute later. Council ref: 2944851.
Overgrown tree need cutting short, the branches… Birds are pooing on cars, sticky something comes from this tree on cars, branches(small bits) and generally there is a problem as it did grow to big and we don’t have natural light in the kitchen. Please cut it very short as it will grow again anyway. Thank you Witold Bielanowicz
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Enquiry received
Thanks for your enquiry regarding a council-owned tree. This has been sent to Aragon Direct Services for further investigation. We will endeavour to provide a further update within 3 working days
Posted by Peterborough City Council at 08:45, Thu 19 August 2021
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Inspection Arranged
Thanks for your enquiry regarding a council-owned tree.
Your enquiry has been allocated to one of our qualified tree surveyors who will carry out an inspection and provide an update within 40 working days.
State changed to: Investigating
Posted by Peterborough City Council at 08:55, Thu 19 August 2021
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Thank you for your enquiry regarding the tall trees & overhanging vegetation at front of your property. I can confirm that the tree has been inspected and unfortunately there are no identifiable arboricultural reasons to justify carrying out any works at this time.
You do have a right to prune the overhanging branches back to the boundary of your property; however, we would recommend that you use the services of a suitably qualified and insured tree surgeon to carry out this work.
If the trees are in a Conservation Area &/or have Tree Preservation Orders you will need to make an application for permission to carry out any works. Information on Conservation Areas, Tree Preservation Orders & applications can be found on the Peterborough City Council's website.
With regard to the tall trees, the practice of reducing the size of a tree by cutting a tree's branches down to a lower height, is known as crown reduction or topping, and has long been widely regarded as an unacceptable response to the concern that the tree is too tall for a number of reasons:
The practice often removes a large proportion of a tree's crown and leaf area in one operation and so will seriously weaken the tree by reducing its ability to produce chemical defences, for example by hindering the production of energy through photosynthesis,The pruning wounds seldom heal, and so the tree's inner tissues are exposed to the risk of disease and insect pests.
Post-reduction, to compensate for the loss of leaf area, trees will often respond by putting out a profusion of dense, upright shoots from the cut wound surface; a tree with insufficient stored energy reserves may die as a consequence,
Additionally, this new growth sprouts from latent buds located just below the bark and concentrated around the cut wounds; these shoots are only weakly attached to the wood from which they have emerged and very prone to breaking off, particularly in high winds. Crown reduction may therefore create a hazardous situation at a significant height that cannot be easily inspected or managed, and serious injury or damage to property may occur as a consequence of branch union failure; rather than reducing the perceived danger of a tree that is too tall, crown reduction is likely to make a tree a greater risk.
Crown reduction destroys the natural form and grace of a tree forever; the tree will never recover its natural habit and so will appear disfigured and mutilated, especially when it is without leaves during the winter.
A reduced tree, should it survive, will often quickly grow back to its original height and with a denser crown than before it was pruned. In other words, crown reduction in the long term, is unlikely to have the desired effect of reducing the size of a tree. Moreover, the tree is likely to need pruning again when, within a few years, it regains or surpasses its old size, or its new branches break or become a hazard.
State changed to: No further action
Posted by Peterborough City Council at 10:23, Tue 19 October 2021
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