Environmental campaigners have voiced concern over proposed new tree safety guidelines drawn up by the British Standards Institute (BSI). The Campaign to Protect Rural England has warned that the BSI proposals for regular inspections of trees could generate anxiety and confusion among the general public and prompt home owners to fell trees near public rights of way, pavements or other houses.
Tom Oliver, head of rural policy at CPRE, voiced concern that those tree-owners "may be encouraged to take unnecessary pre-emptive action and fell trees to avoid inspection costs and liabilities".
