Local Tree Surgeon
As a local tree surgeon, Blackdown Treescapes helps keep trees safe, healthy, and well shaped. We carry out careful pruning, crown reductions, and removals where needed, always with a focus on safety and good tree care.
If you have trees near buildings, roads, or neighbours, we can advise on the right next step and carry out the work with minimal disruption. We also work alongside surveys and reports, so you can make confident decisions about your trees and your site.
Tree Surveyor Services
Our tree surveyor services are designed for homeowners, landlords, schools, and developers who need clear guidance. Blackdown Treescapes provides practical reports that explain tree condition, likely issues, and any urgent concerns. We can support planning needs, safety duties, and insurance or mortgage queries. If work is needed, we can also guide you on the best options and carry out tree surgery to match the findings.
Tree condition surveys
Our tree condition surveys give a clear picture of each tree’s current state. We inspect visible defects, signs of disease, structural concerns, and general vitality.
You receive practical findings, photographs where useful, and simple recommendations to support you in planning maintenance, reducing risk, and protecting important trees on your site effectively.
Tree risk assessments
We offer tree risk assessments to identify trees that could pose a danger to people, buildings, roads, or nearby land. We consider the likelihood of failure, possible impact, and site use.
The report explains any concerns in plain language and sets out sensible actions, timescales, and priorities for ongoing management and safety.
BS5837 tree surveys for planning
Our BS5837 tree surveys support planning applications where trees may affect development. We record tree quality, size, position, and condition, then provide the information needed by planners and designers. This helps guide layouts, protect valuable trees, and reduce delays by addressing tree matters in the early phase of the planning process properly.
Mortgage and insurance tree reports
Mortgage and insurance tree reports provide clear, independent information about trees near a property. We assess condition, distance, size, and any visible signs of concern.
The report can help lenders, insurers, buyers, and homeowners understand possible risks and decide whether further investigation or management work is needed before completion.
Tree safety inspections
Tree safety inspections help landowners meet their duty of care.
We check trees in areas used by the public, staff, visitors, or residents, focusing on defects that may affect safety.
You receive a clear record of findings and practical recommendations for urgent work, routine maintenance, and future inspection dates.
Tree health assessments
Our tree health assessments look at signs of stress, decline, disease, pests, and poor growing conditions.
We consider the tree’s leaves, branches, stem, roots, and surrounding soil where possible.
The findings explain what may be affecting health and recommend suitable steps to support recovery, improve care, or plan replacement carefully.
Contact our Arboricultural Surveyor
Contact Blackdown Treescapes to speak with an arboriculture surveyor and arrange a tree survey at a time that suits you.
We will explain what we will check, what you will receive, and what happens next. If you need a report for planning, mortgage, or safety duties, we can help and keep everything clear and simple.
Find out more about our services
Crown Reduction
Blackdown Hills
Refine shape, reduce canopy weight and manage risk without sacrificing character. We plan every cut, protect growth points and balance the crown for better light, airflow and long-term structural strength.
Tree Bracing Blackdown Hills
Discreet, modern bracing systems support weak unions, storm-damaged limbs or veteran trees. We specify non-invasive solutions that reduce failure risk while retaining valued features, habitats and the tree’s natural silhouette.
Low Impact Forestry
Blackdown Hills
Sensitive woodland work that protects soils, habitats and access. We use selective felling, hand tools and low-ground-pressure methods where needed to minimise disturbance while improving structure, biodiversity and long-term resilience.
