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Where we work

Tree surveys and tree work in Grange-over-Sands.

Tree surveys, planning tree reports and tree work for homes, schools and estates in Grange-over-Sands, Cartmel and the villages around Morecambe Bay.

The Care of Trees is based in the South Lakes, and Grange-over-Sands and the Cartmel peninsula are on our doorstep. That means short travel, quick site visits and a good knowledge of the trees and the planning rules here.

Trees in conservation areas

Tree work and planning here go through Westmorland and Furness Council. Parts of Grange-over-Sands and Cartmel are conservation areas. If a tree there has a trunk over 75mm across at 1.5m above ground, the council must be given six weeks' written notice before it is cut down or pruned. We prepare and submit the notification, and we check for Tree Preservation Orders at the same time. Many of the older trees here are protected in one way or another, so it is always worth checking before anyone picks up a saw.

What we do here

  • Tree surveys for schools, churches, care homes, holiday parks and estates, so owners can show they are managing the risk from their trees
  • Planning tree reports (BS5837) for extensions, new houses and conversions
  • Home buyers' tree reports for properties with large trees
  • Tree work: felling, sectional dismantling, crown reduction, crown lifting, pruning and hedge cutting

The ground and the trees

Many trees around the bay grow on limestone and steep, thin soil, often with mature ash, sycamore, oak and yew. Ash dieback is now a real concern across the area, so ash trees beside roads, paths and buildings need checking, and the unsafe ones may need reducing or removing.

A yew and a new driveway near Grange-over-Sands

A client with a property near Brown Robin, very close to a nature reserve managed by the Wildlife Trust, shared a driveway and wanted to build one of his own. Close to the proposed route stood a mature, almost veteran yew.

We surveyed the tree and plotted its root protection area (the ground around it that has to be kept free of construction). The driveway was then moved to lie outside that area, and the yew was left untouched for future generations.

Arboricultural impact assessment plan showing a proposed driveway running past a mature yew, with the yew's root protection area shown as an orange circle clear of the drive
The impact assessment plan. The orange circle is the yew's root protection area, and the proposed drive runs outside it.

Laying pipes under beech roots, Carter Road

A new development on Carter Road stood close to some large beech trees. The developer, Crowe Plant Hire, needed to run utility pipes along an existing track, which was to become the new driveway, and the route passed through the root protection areas of the beeches (the ground around a tree that has to be kept free of damage). They did not want to harm the trees, so they asked for advice.

The Care of Trees was asked to oversee the excavation. The top surface was carefully scraped away with a digger. As soon as roots were found, the digging was done by hand. With the roots exposed, the pipes could be laid underneath them rather than through them, so the roots were left undamaged and the trees kept their health. The hand digging took about half a day.

Site plan showing the route of the utility pipes along the driveway, passing through the root protection areas of two beech trees, T9 and T10
The site plan. The route of the utility pipes runs along the driveway, through the root protection areas of the beeches.
A trench dug by hand beside a driveway, with an orange utility pipe laid beneath beech roots that cross the trench
The pipe laid beneath the roots.
A deep trench with large beech roots left intact across it
The trench, with the roots left in place across it.

Call or use the enquiry form with the address and a few details. We will tell you what is needed and what it will cost.

Matt Jones, Arboricultural Consultant, The Care of Trees

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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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