OK, here's real world situation.
Bloke rungs up out of the blue ...
Bloke: "I need a tree report to get rid of a tree I've been told by BCC"
Me: "is the tree protected and what is the purpose of the report etc?"
Bloke: "Well, it's a poinciana tree on a vacant block on one side but I dont want it and you know, could fall on the house"
Me: "Is the tree in good health?"
Bloke: "yeah, nothing wrong with it but I wanna build etc and it mucks up my plans"
Me: "If it's healthy and a species with low risk of storm damage as it's not a 100' gum tree etc how am I supposed to condemn it for removal when it's supposed to be saved?"
Bloke: "well, I just gotta get an arborist report to get rid of it i was told"
Me: "Will you be building over it etc?"
Bloke: "No, it's down the back and off to one side but I dont want it there as I want to landscape and stuff"
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Anyway, you can see the merry go round, needless to say I didnt do a report and declined ... he was insistent so I gave him my email but he never emailed the plans I asked for.
Fact is the whole process is up the shit. Is BCC protecting trees? Nope, not if they say just get an arborist report to get rid of it? LIKE
I have done a few where I dont even assess the tree, it's all about where the building is going and the tree wont survive ... so what's the bloody good of it?
If you watch the treeworld commercial carefully you'll see a report where the trees are right on the proposed excavation
(shown in red) ... everyone makes like they're not there and no-one designs around them well. Then get an arborist report to get rid of it.
Certainly defies what I have learned.