Enviroscope have been taking care of the tree risk assessment of Bowcliffe Hall trees for almost a decade. We initially established a digital baseline plan of all the trees, mapping each tree to sub meter accuracy. Alongside this we built an inventory of the trees, recording species and dimensions. Building on this we carried out tree by tree inspections using tree risk management system Quantified Tree Risk Assessment (QTRA).

A licensed users of the QTRA we determine the risk trees present to people and property, taking into account site use, tree hazards and likelihood of failure. We distinguish between those trees that display acceptable, tolerable and unacceptable risks.

Our recommendations to control risk are based on whether the risks are considered to be acceptable or unacceptable, in the context of the levels of use by people and value and proximity of property. All our recommended works are proportionate to the risk, taking into account the cost of the works and their amenity impacts.

After the tree inspections we meet with Bowcliffe’s Head Gardener and tree contractor to walk the grounds and discuss the work that needs to be carried out.

On occasion we have reason to carry out more in-depth tree decay investigations. Read about our PiCUS decay detection assessments on our website.