Surveys, Reports & Consultations

We are specialists in offering a comprehensive arboricultural service tailored to commercial and domestic clients, from property management to stately homes and beyond. Our surveys are adaptable to a multitude of specific needs, whether assessing tree health, safety, risk managementdevelopment or potential property risks like subsidence.

If you need something that isn’t listed below, then contact us and we will be able to help you.

We can undertake 4 main types of surveys on your property and site depending on what your intended aims are:

• Selective Survey: This is usually your basic and most cost effective tree survey where you just want to see if there is any vegetation management required and would like to cover your basic duty of care to people entering or neighbouring your site or property. Every tree on site or tree that could affect the site is surveyed (where possible) using ground Visual Tree Assessment (VTA) techniques. There will then be a digital report produced which will include information on any recommended works or further advanced investigation that is required. This report only displays the trees that actually require work to be carried out.

• Comprehensive Survey: This is very similar to the survey above but all trees onsite are recorded in the report (external is still only recorded if works are required). This report is more comprehensive and gives a client more information such as tree dimensions, ages and species of everything onsite which allows a complete tree inventory and current status.

• Tree Risk Assessment Survey: This can be added to either survey above or done independently. We use a system called Quantified Tree Risk Assessment (QTRA) for this. It provides a quantified risk rating regarding potential harm to people and property, which is helpful for more accurate works prioritisation and increased levels of due diligence for the duty of care holder for the site. This type of survey can be very useful for very large sites where a full condition survey is not practicable or where information on tree management is not required, just tree risk, or for high value sites where a more comprehensive report is prudent.

• Advanced Tree Survey: This type of survey can be requested from a site consultation, local authority, another consultants report or as a recommendation from our report. These types of surveys are usually only used where more accurate data is required on a particular tree or defect within the tree. For example this can be through an aerial inspection, advanced decay detection equipment usage or a details root inspection.

• If any vegetation is to be effected, then there may be a request from the planning authority for an Arboricultural Impact Assessment (AIA). This evaluates how planned development might affect existing trees, it identifies trees to be removed or retained and pinpoints potential conflicts with the development.

• There will then be an Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) outlines the methodology to protect trees during construction. Typically paired with a Tree Protection Plan (TPP), the AMS equips contractors with all the necessary details to safeguard trees throughout the construction process.

Pricing starts from £350 + VAT, depending on site size, complexity of development, number of site visits and location.