Ribble Valley Borough Council

List of Tree Contractors and Consultants

Protected Trees

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If your tree is protected:

  • Your tree/s may be protected by being included in a Tree Preservation Order or conservation area.
  • You must contact the planning department in order to establish the status of your trees.
  • Do not implement any tree work to protected trees without prior written consent.
  • Any tree work proposals must be submitted using the standard application form
  • All tree work proposals must comply with BS3998 for tree work.
  • The Councils Arboricultural Officer will assess the proposals against current arboricultural criteria.
  • You do not have an automatic right to consent for tree work.

Any tree surgery/pruning proposals should have the objective of making tree/s growing in the public domain safer and/or to alleviate actionable nuisance as well as removing or reducing the impact of inherent growth defects.

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