A Guide for Landowners to Managing Roadside Trees

The Guide for Landowners to Managing Roadside Trees document is aimed at landowners in ownership of roadside trees.

This new document aims to inform and offer guidance to these landowners on how to best manage these trees.

A Guide for Landowners to Managing Roadside Trees takes the landowner through the advantages and responsibilities associated with ownership of roadside trees.

It provides basic information on the many benefits of trees as well as guidance on how to assess risk associated with them. It describes common defects in trees including dieback, unstable leans, splits and cracks, decay, and cavities supported by photographs of these common defects.

Advice is provided on how to plan and carry out tree maintenance work and the importance of record keeping is emphasised.