Tree Surveys

Kirkley Tree Care ltd

Headquartered in the North East of England, with offices in London, Cambridge, Warwick and Carlisle, Kirkley Tree Care Ltd provides specialist arboricultural consultancy throughout the United Kingdom.Our experience ranges from major commercial estates and local authorities to schools, universities, healthcare facilities and private properties, bringing the same high professional standards to every commission.

We provide tree risk assessments, tree management advice and specialist arboricultural surveys, taking a practical and proportionate approach to tree safety. In line with nationally recognised tree-safety principles, our approach balances the duty to protect people and property with the environmental, ecological and amenity benefits that trees provide. Our assessments consider the tree, its condition and its surroundings, enabling risk to be managed responsibly while retaining valuable trees wherever reasonably practicable.

Our established experience within the education sector includes schools, universities and other educational facilities throughout the United Kingdom, alongside extensive experience of complex and high-profile sites across a wide range of sectors.

Professional Experience.

Kirkley Tree Care Ltd is led by Principal Consultant Will Rickerby, FArborA, who has nearly four decades of professional arboricultural experience. His career has included local authority, Transport for London, housing, education and private consultancy, together with arboricultural work in Berlin and Miami. As a Fellow of the Arboricultural Association, Will brings extensive practical and strategic experience to tree assessment and management.

For further information or professional advice, please contact Kirkley Tree Care.

Call our helpful team today on  07921 803775, or email 
 will@kirkleytreecare.co.uk.

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Quantified Tree Risk Assessment and Arboricultural Management

The Quantified Tree Risk Assessment (QTRA) system quantifies and combines the components of tree failure risk. It is possible to calculate with some accuracy the usage of vehicular and pedestrian targets upon which trees could fail.

 

 

QTRA Benefits

The Quantified Tree Risk Assessment (QTRA) system provides a structured and proportionate method of assessing the risk of harm from tree failure. Rather than considering the condition of a tree in isolation, QTRA takes account of what the tree or branch could strike — the target — together with the size of the part concerned and the probability of failure.

The resulting risk is expressed numerically, providing tree owners and managers with clear, evidence-based information to support proportionate management decisions. This is particularly valuable for organisations responsible for large tree populations, including schools, estates, housing providers, local authorities and commercial sites, where attention can be focused on areas of greatest risk.

At Kirkley Tree Care Ltd, QTRA is used as part of a wider professional assessment of the tree, its condition and its surroundings. This allows genuine risks to be identified and managed appropriately while supporting the retention of trees wherever reasonably practicable.

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Is My Tree Safe?

No tree can be considered entirely risk-free. A professional tree inspection can identify visible defects, assess the tree in relation to its surroundings and determine whether any management or further investigation is appropriate.

Tree safety is about understanding and managing risk proportionately, while recognising the many benefits that trees provide.

Understanding a tree's condition is the first step towards appropriate and proportionate management.

Contact us today to schedule your comprehensive tree survey!

Call us at  07921 803775
Email us at  will@kirkleytreecare.co.uk

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Duty of care

Tree owners and those responsible for managing land have a duty of care to take reasonable steps to manage foreseeable risks from trees. This does not mean eliminating all risk, but adopting a reasonable and proportionate approach appropriate to the trees, their condition and the level of use around them. Kirkley Tree Care provides professional tree risk assessments and management advice to help clients meet these responsibilities.

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  Why choose Kirkley Tree Care? 

 

Professional expertise

four decades of arboricultural experience across a wide range of tree-management environments.

 

Proportionate assessment

Tree condition, site use and surrounding targets are considered together to provide a balanced assessment of risk.
 

 
 

Specialist investigation

Where appropriate, specialist techniques including internal decay detection can provide additional information to support assessment.

 

Clear, evidence-based advice

Our reports provide clear findings and proportionate recommendations based on the evidence identified during the assessment.

 

 

 

 

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