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| Thread ID: 124650 | 2012-05-10 06:08:00 | Tree removal & resouce consent | 1101 (13337) | PC World Chat |
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| 1274462 | 2012-05-11 06:08:00 | As far as I can tell Nth Shore put in a blanket ruling classing almost every large tree in the district a 'protected' tree I don't know if Auckland stopped the change or just got more time to sort their Notable tree lists out. Nth Shore have a proposed amendment to their scheme that seems to have vast areas with no notable trees. Unless there's nothing growing there it may not be as bad as you think. See if you can find yours www.northshorecity.govt.nz |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 1274463 | 2012-05-11 08:02:00 | I've got similar issues. There's a huge eucalypt outside the fence, on Council land. I've written to them asking that it be removed, being a) messy b) hazardous. They've replied that since it's over 7m height it's protected. What bollox. It's a dirt common native of Australia. It's a fire hazard and is in no way endangered. My neighbour had also written to the council with his objections, and again got the finger. This thing is leaning across the road, threatening a brand new house if the roots ever give way. I'm afraid a cyclone will send it the other way onto my place. On odd occasions it's dropped huge branches (sheared off in calm weather!) which would kill. Took two of us to just drag a single branch off the road one time. I've tried to sweeten the deal by sparing them the cutting up and removal, offering to do it myself if they will simply drop it. Still no go. We had a tree split and take out a new house only a block away, yet they still say this monster has to stay. With it threatening the house across the road there's no way I'll take the risk of killing it or cutting it myself. For the council contracted arborists they're onto a winner keeping it. Trimming a branch or two once a year, and pocketing a fee every year for doing it. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1274464 | 2012-05-11 08:16:00 | Now if you and the neighbour had thrown a few stubbies in the fridge, got some mates around and chopped it early one saturday morning, 10 people would have got a trailer load of firewood, the tree would be gone and the council would be none the wiser. Now that you've wrote to them about it though, they will know who chopped it when suddenly one day it goes missing. :p |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 1274465 | 2012-05-11 08:41:00 | My Dad lives up the Mot valley, if he wants to cut a tree down he fires up the Huskie and chops it down. White tangiwhenua rights family been on the same farm since 1860 in area 1841. | prefect (6291) | ||
| 1274466 | 2012-05-11 20:29:00 | I'd avoid the consent process if at all possible. We went through it few years ago on a borderline tree just to be safe. Never again. The arborist they assigned,who I believe still contracts to them decided the tree was a local neighborhood facility,despite me having a letter from my neighbors saying they'll be glad to see it go as it blocked light into their property! Anyway long story short we had to notify the consent, write to all the neighbourhood and bird protection societies And then go to a council hearing and argue our case even though no one opposed the removal,except this one arborist. He even started commenting in his reports how we should not have bought the house if we didn't want to keep the tree!! I ended up writing a complaint re his behavior to the mayor and met with his manager re his performance. We finally got tree removed but had to submit a planting and maintenance plan for the replacement. Whole process took about a year A little tale to bear in mind....oh and the tree was exotic not native too. PS. And on the shore.... |
globe (11482) | ||
| 1274467 | 2012-05-11 23:15:00 | Where was that? I don't know why some areas in the North are so protective of exotics, they grow fast enough to be a nuisance. Friends built a house in Tauranga in a bare subdivision. only 10 years later it was hard to remember where they lived as the trees had already grown so much. Maybe in Auckland it's the only thing slowing the infill housing. |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 1274468 | 2012-05-12 00:05:00 | Nail a small note to the tree stating it has been reclassified as a noxious weed and will be humanely herbicided. To protect the notice from fading due to UV radiation, attach the note to a root, about 250mm below ground level on the shady side. After three weeks, inject the tree with the herbicide of your choice and then recycle it as firewood. Send the Council a note thanking them for their cooperation, taking care to use some randomly selected politicians signature and requesting a donation to party funds. There is no need to slow the infill housing, it, and all other housing methods, are more than adequately delayed by existing council policies and procedures. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1274469 | 2012-05-12 01:45:00 | I had a special council covenant on my place along with everyone else, no cutting down or even pruning too heavily any trees on my property including manuka trees. I bet you South islanders don't believe me. Last June bought a nice Stihl off TM and bowled over all the trees which were shading my place and blocking the sun. Enough firewood for at least 4 years. Before the super city the Waitikere council believe it or not had a chainsaw alert where a contractor would rush to a complaint of someone bowling a tree. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1274470 | 2012-05-12 07:04:00 | I'd avoid the consent process if at all possible. We went through it few years ago on a borderline tree just to be safe. Never again. The arborist they assigned,who I believe still contracts to them decided the tree was a local neighborhood facility,despite me having a letter from my neighbors saying they'll be glad to see it go as it blocked light into their property! Anyway long story short we had to notify the consent, write to all the neighbourhood and bird protection societies And then go to a council hearing and argue our case even though no one opposed the removal,except this one arborist. He even started commenting in his reports how we should not have bought the house if we didn't want to keep the tree!! I ended up writing a complaint re his behavior to the mayor and met with his manager re his performance. We finally got tree removed but had to submit a planting and maintenance plan for the replacement. Whole process took about a year A little tale to bear in mind....oh and the tree was exotic not native too. PS. And on the shore.... Just wondering, what did the council charge for all the consent processing ?? |
sroby (11519) | ||
| 1274471 | 2012-05-12 07:26:00 | Just wondering, what did the council charge for all the consent processing ?? Nothing, at the time tree consents were covered by the council, not sure if they still are mind |
globe (11482) | ||
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