TPO
Tree Preservation Order
Most work needs the council's consent first. We make the application for you, and the council usually decides within 8 weeks.
Tree surgeons in Manchester
The right cut, at the right time.
Crown reductions, thinning, felling and stump grinding across Greater Manchester, by qualified climbers working to BS 3998. We check for nests, tree orders and conservation areas before a single cut.
- Tree
- Sycamore, 14 m
- Work
- Reduce by 2 m
- Nest check
- Clear
What your tree needs
See what comes off before we cut
Pick a job. The shaded part is what we remove from a typical 14 m garden sycamore, drawn to scale beside a house.
Comes offStays1.8 m person, for scale
Crown reduction
Every branch end is cut back to a healthy side branch, taking the height and spread in by about 2 m. The tree keeps its shape, just smaller.
- Price
- From £450
- Time on site
- One day for most garden trees
The right time
When each tree wants cutting
Cut at the wrong time and some trees bleed sap or catch disease. This is the calendar our climbers work to.
Nesting seasonWe check every tree for nests first
Most broadleaf treesOak, ash, beech, lime
January: best timeFebruary: best timeMarch: avoidApril: avoidMay: avoidJune: fineJuly: fineAugust: fineSeptember: fineOctober: fineNovember: best timeDecember: best time
Cherry and plumSummer only, against silver leaf
January: avoidFebruary: avoidMarch: avoidApril: avoidMay: avoidJune: best timeJuly: best timeAugust: best timeSeptember: fineOctober: avoidNovember: avoidDecember: avoid
Birch, maple, walnutThey bleed sap in spring
January: best timeFebruary: avoidMarch: avoidApril: avoidMay: avoidJune: avoidJuly: fineAugust: fineSeptember: fineOctober: fineNovember: best timeDecember: best time
Conifers and hedgesNever into old brown wood
January: avoidFebruary: avoidMarch: avoidApril: fineMay: fineJune: fineJuly: fineAugust: best timeSeptember: best timeOctober: fineNovember: avoidDecember: avoid
Felling and big reductionsOutside the busiest nesting months
January: best timeFebruary: best timeMarch: fineApril: avoidMay: avoidJune: avoidJuly: avoidAugust: avoidSeptember: fineOctober: best timeNovember: best timeDecember: best time
Best timeFineAvoidNest check firstThis month
Is your tree protected?
We check the council map before we quote
6 weeks
Conservation area
We give the council six weeks' notice for any tree with a trunk over 7.5 cm across, measured 1.5 m up from the ground.
Neither
No protection
Then we can start as soon as suits you, after a nest check between March and August.
- NPTCEvery climber holds NPTC chainsaw and climbing certificates
- BS 3998All pruning follows the British Standard for tree work
- £5mPublic liability insurance, certificate on request
- 100%Of branches chipped and recycled, logs left if you want them
Reviews
Trees across Manchester
Crown reduction, Didsbury
"Our sycamore was blocking the whole garden. They took two metres off all round, and it still looks like a tree, not a lollipop."
Carmen RuizDidsbury
Felling, Chorlton
"A tall poplar right next to the house, taken down in sections without a scratch on the conservatory. The stump was ground out the same afternoon."
Tariq HaddadChorlton
Conservation area, Prestwich
"They knew we were in a conservation area before I did, sent the council notice, and came back six weeks later exactly as promised."
Josh WhelanPrestwich
Questions
Before you book tree work
Only if it has a Tree Preservation Order or you live in a conservation area. We check the council map for your address and handle the paperwork.
Yes, with care. From March to August we check every tree for active nests first, and if we find one we wait until the chicks have gone.
Branches are chipped and recycled. Logs can be left for you, and stumps are ground out 30 cm below the surface so you can turf or plant over.
You can have branches cut back to your boundary, but the wood belongs to your neighbour, so we offer it back. Where we can, we talk to them first.
Yes, with 5 million pounds of public liability insurance, and every climber holds NPTC certificates.
Free quote
We come and look at the tree
A climber visits, looks at the tree from every side, checks the council map for protection, and sends a written quote within two days.
