Pollarding is generally done annually.

Trees that grow in council-owned property or on public open spaces are also protected, as they are deemed as council property. Anyone wilfully damaging these can be prosecuted. We have our own professional tree maintenance team who carries out all appropriate tree care and maintenance to trees.

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Sep 06, Council workers who mistakenly cut down a tree in a residential Luton street have now painted the stump pink for"health and safety reasons".Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins.

The council's policy is only to protect trees that are under direct threat. A TPO prohibits the following actions to a protected tree without the local authorities consent: cutting down; uprooting. Apr 21, Luton Council have workmen cutting down hundreds of trees along Vauxhall Way for Airport expansion work.

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These trees are being felled on both sides of the r. Nov 03, David Oakley-Hill of Luton Friends of the Earth also expressed concern: “Those trees did a fantastic job for 40 years but they were not maintained.

The council took out the lot for shrubmulching.barted Reading Bush tax cuts incentives 6 mins. In Luton there are a number of conservation areas to encourage wildlife and plants.

These areas are managed in line with the Wildlife Trust guidelines and may have different cutting programmes. As Luton Borough Council and the Highways Agency both have the power to order you to cut back any problem trees on your land, for example if they are blocking public paths, it’s best to pre-empt any problems by keeping them in shape all year round.

Pollarding is a technique of heavily pruning the main branches of shrubmulching.barted Reading Time: 8 mins.