Tree work in Oadby
The large detached plots along London Road, Stoughton Road and Manor Road carry mature cedar, beech, oak and horse chestnut, and a high proportion of it sits inside conservation areas or under individual Tree Preservation Orders. Assume protection until checked — we run the TPO and conservation-area search with Oadby & Wigston Borough Council before quoting any work in LE2.
Where a tree is protected, a well-specified reduction is far more likely to get consent than a felling application. Applications written in BS3998 terms with a clear arboricultural justification tend to go through; "reduce by half" comes back refused.
Horse chestnut across Oadby is heavily affected by leaf miner and bleeding canker. Leaf miner looks alarming by August and is largely cosmetic. Bleeding canker is not — dark weeping lesions on the trunk warrant a proper inspection, because advanced cases lose limbs.
Around Brocks Hill and the Botanic Garden the tree stock is varied and often specimen quality, and there is genuinely no excuse for hacking it about.
Protected trees in Oadby
Oadby falls under Oadby & Wigston Borough Council for tree protection. Before any work we check two things for your address: whether the tree carries a Tree Preservation Order, and whether it sits inside a conservation area.
If it has a TPO, works need a written application and the council has eight weeks to determine it. If it is in a conservation area, you must give six weeks' written notice under section 211 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 for any tree over 75mm diameter measured at 1.5m — even with no TPO on it. Doing the work without either is a criminal offence, and for the most serious cases the fine in the Crown Court is unlimited.
Dead trees and trees posing an urgent safety risk are exempt, but the exemption is narrow: five working days' written notice is still required unless the danger is immediate, and the burden of proving the tree qualified sits with you. Where a Oadby job is anywhere near that line, we photograph and document the defect before starting. We prepare and submit the paperwork to Oadby & Wigston Borough Council as part of the job — there is no extra charge for it.
Emergency call-outs in Oadby
Oadby is roughly 10 minutes from our Wigston base, which puts it comfortably inside our 45-minute typical emergency response. The line is answered by a person 24 hours a day. Send two photos — one wide, one close to the failure point — and we can usually give you a fixed price before the truck moves.
If a tree is on a power line, call 105 first: your distribution network operator attends free and makes the conductor safe. If it is blocking a public road or anyone is at risk, call 999 first. Then call us.
Local landmarks and access
We know Oadby — Brocks Hill Country Park, the University of Leicester Botanic Garden, Leicester Racecourse, Oadby Grange and Ellis Park. That matters more than it sounds: knowing which streets a chipper can park on and which need timber carrying out by hand is the difference between an accurate quote and a price that changes on the day.
Trees on the public highway, in parks and on other council land are Oadby & Wigston Borough Council's responsibility, not the adjacent householder's. If that is what you are looking at, report it to them and they will attend at no cost to you — we will point you to the right team rather than quote you for something you should not be paying for.