Duramen Consulting - Arboricultural Consultancy Services Tel: 01233 713 466
We are tree experts providing advice, undertaking surveys and written reports on arboricultural issues.

As arboricultural consultants we provide a range of services to support planning applications for sites with trees, tree safety and risk assessments, neighbour disputes of a legal nature, accident investigations, subsidence and other insurance claims and the valuation of amenity trees for a variety of purposes.  We deal with tree issues in both the rural and  urban environments. We focus on London and the South East of England, but can provide a nationwide service.

Jobs covered in the last 6 months include:

• Successful appeals to the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) following Councils' refusals to allow works to protected trees (TPO).
• Expert Witness report for the owner of a wall damaged by trees belonging to a neighbour.
• Expert Witness support to a legal team negotiating a subsidence claim.
• Preparation of a Method Statement and provision of Arboricultural Supervision for the installation of a root barrier adjacent to a historic building.
• Numerous Tree Surveys and Arboricultural Implications Assesssments using British Standard 5837 (BS5837:2005) to support and inform planning applications.
• Removal of trees on land for which the owner could not be identified or contacted.
• Advice to the owner of a property damaged by a neighbour's tree.
• Removal of a tree claimed by a Council to be protected, when such "protection" was legally invalid.
• Arboricultural Expert for numerous subsidence investigations as part of team dealing with long running difficult cases.
• Assessment of tenders for tree surgery.

Aspects of our service include:

• Tree Surveys using British Standard BS5837:2005;
• Arboricultural Implications Assessment and Method Statements
• Tree safety inspections and reports;
• Arboricultural Expert witness reports;
• Tree root disputes and cases;
• Tree surveys and reports for mortgage and insurance purposes;
• High Hedges;
• Tree Preservation Order applications, objections and appeals;
• Planning Application appeals;
• Valuation of amenity trees for insurance, legal disputes and other reasons;
• Ground Penetrating Radar to identify root location;

From a branch to an entire forest, Duramen Consulting offers expert advice.