Sometimes the paperwork matters as much as the chainsaw. Whether you need permission to work on a protected tree, a safety inspection for an insurer, or a report on a tree worrying your mortgage lender, we can arrange it.
Tree Preservation Orders in the Crawley area
Many mature trees in and around Crawley are protected by Tree Preservation Orders, and Crawley's conservation areas add automatic protection for most trees within them. Working on a protected tree without consent is a criminal offence with fines that can reach £20,000 per tree, so it's always worth checking first.
The process runs through Crawley Borough Council: an application describing the proposed works, usually decided within eight weeks for TPO trees, or six weeks' notice for conservation-area trees. We check protection status for every job we quote, and where consent is needed we complete and submit the application, describe the works in the arboriculturally correct terms officers expect, and schedule the work once approval lands.
Reports and inspections we arrange
- Tree safety inspections: condition reports on trees near houses, boundaries, play areas and parking, with clear recommendations
- Mortgage and insurance reports, when a lender or insurer raises trees near a property, typically over subsidence concerns on clay-capped ground
- Ash dieback assessments: now a routine need across West Sussex; infected trees near targets need monitoring or planned removal
- Pre-purchase checks: know what that big beech will cost you before you buy the house
Unsure whether your tree is protected? Call 01293 310077. Checking costs nothing.
Free, no-obligation quotes across Crawley & the Crawley area
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