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Consultancy

Reports written for the decision you have to make.

Whether it is a planning application, a safety question or a sale, you get clear findings and prioritised recommendations.

  • Surveys and inspections

    Condition surveys of single trees, groups and whole sites, with clear findings and prioritised recommendations.

  • Risk assessment and duty of care

    Quantified Tree Risk Assessment (QTRA) to keep the risk from tree failure at a level you can defend, while keeping the benefits trees bring.

  • BS 5837 for planning

    Tree surveys, constraints plans, impact assessments and method statements to support planning applications. See an example: laying pipes under beech roots.

  • Tree Preservation Orders and conservation areas

    Checking whether trees are protected, and preparing the application or notification to the council.

  • Veteran trees

    Surveys and management advice for old and ancient trees, so they stay standing and safe for as long as possible.

  • Home buyers, mortgage and insurance

    Tree reports for property purchases, lenders and insurers, including trees close to buildings.

Decay detection

A look inside the tree.

Some trees need a closer look before anyone decides their future. For these we work with a decay detection specialist, and can arrange the testing for you. Using an Arbotom sonic tomograph, sound waves are sent through the stem and timed, which shows where the wood is sound and where it is decayed, without cutting into the tree.

The result is a picture of the inside that helps decide whether a tree can be kept, and what it needs.

Aerial plan of a mature oak, marked T001 with a red circle, among houses and a road in Kendal
A mature oak in Kendal, marked T001 on the site plan.
Sonic tomogram of an oak stem cross-section in colour, with green for sound wood and pink and red for decayed wood in the centre
The sonic tomogram of the same oak. Green shows sound wood, and orange, red and pink show slower sound travelling through decayed wood.
Tree risk assessment plan on a street map, with each numbered tree circled in a colour showing its risk of harm
A QTRA tree risk assessment plan: every tree is numbered and plotted, and coloured by its risk of harm.
Key: risk of harm (QTRA)UnacceptableTolerableBroadly acceptable
A hand holding a rugged tablet showing the QTRA tree inspection screen, in front of an ash with a crack in its stem beside a stone wall
Surveying an ash with a crack in its stem near Kirkby Lonsdale. The risk assessed here is of the whole tree failing into the road. The vehicle target, the tree's size and the probability of failure give a risk of harm of 1 in 40,000.
A hand holding a rugged tablet showing a satellite site map with the tree outlined and labelled T001, in front of the same tree
Each tree is plotted on a site map as it is assessed, which gives the numbered plan in the report.

Who we work for: developers, housing associations, businesses, landscape architects, home owners, insurance companies, and parish and town councils.

Tell us about the trees.

Call or email with the site and the question. We will tell you what is needed and what it will cost.

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