Garda say it legal under section 19 of the Forestry Act.
Table 1. Common scenarios where trees can be felled without the need to submit a tree felling licence application under Section 19 of the Forestry Act 2014
Tree outside a forest— on an agricultural holding and removed by the owner for use on that holding, provided— (I) it does not form part of a decorative avenue or ring of trees, (II) its volume does not exceed 3 cubic metres, and (III) the removal of it, by the owner for the foregoing purpose, when taken together with the removal of other such trees by the owner for that purpose, would not result in the total volume of trees, on that holding and removed by the owner for that purpose, exceeding 15 cubic metres in any period of 12 months.
To be honest we're shocked it can be done in July - we are on the edge of a natioanl park (but not inside it) - we have nesting owls / buzzards / horse shoe bats. Not to mention the fact that it is nesting season.
Can anyone advise? The neighbour isn't a farmer (so could the agricultural holding - bolded above - be questioned?
The volume of the trees could definately be questioned as they were all 10m+high. About 50m pulled out so far.
Thanks in advance
Table 1. Common scenarios where trees can be felled without the need to submit a tree felling licence application under Section 19 of the Forestry Act 2014
Tree outside a forest— on an agricultural holding and removed by the owner for use on that holding, provided— (I) it does not form part of a decorative avenue or ring of trees, (II) its volume does not exceed 3 cubic metres, and (III) the removal of it, by the owner for the foregoing purpose, when taken together with the removal of other such trees by the owner for that purpose, would not result in the total volume of trees, on that holding and removed by the owner for that purpose, exceeding 15 cubic metres in any period of 12 months.
To be honest we're shocked it can be done in July - we are on the edge of a natioanl park (but not inside it) - we have nesting owls / buzzards / horse shoe bats. Not to mention the fact that it is nesting season.
Can anyone advise? The neighbour isn't a farmer (so could the agricultural holding - bolded above - be questioned?
The volume of the trees could definately be questioned as they were all 10m+high. About 50m pulled out so far.
Thanks in advance