How does the Council decide if a tree is worth preserving?
Once the council, has decided to consider preserving a tree, an immediate assessment of its suitability will be carried out. This two-part survey looks at environmental and visual qualities associated with the tree. The Environmental Assessment: This is an impartial evaluation, looking at how the tree interacts with its surroundings and establishing any problems it may have. The need to protect the beauty of trees is at the heart of Tree preservation Order legislation. This requires a positive yet unemotional response from the council to trees under threat. 1. Health and vigour. Trees cannot be preserved when diseased or dangerous. The Landscape Adviser will check for symptoms of disease and inspect the tree canopy for faults such as weak branch unions. 2. Damage to nearby structures. Trees causing structural damage, or likely to cause such damage in the future, would not be protected by a TPO. To build up a picture of what would happen to nearby structures if the tree stayed, a range
