Dryad Tree Specialists has started a new arboricultural works contract with Charnwood Borough Council, supporting safe, practical tree management across council-owned sites.
The works cover parks, open spaces, closed churchyards, linear footpaths, woodlands, council housing land, and other council-managed sites.
The Client
Charnwood Borough Council manages a wide mix of public land. This includes green spaces, housing areas, footpaths, woodlands, and community sites.
These places need regular tree care to keep them safe, usable, and attractive for residents, visitors, council teams, and local communities.
The Challenge
The council needs a trusted tree surgery contractor who can work safely across many different public settings.
Each site brings its own risks. Some trees are close to roads, paths, homes, services, signs, lighting columns, buildings, and busy public areas. Others sit in quiet green spaces, wooded areas, or sensitive community locations.
The work must protect public safety while keeping trees healthy, balanced, and natural in shape.
The Scope of Works
Dryad Tree Specialists will provide a broad range of arboricultural services under the contract.
- Crown lifting to improve clearance for pedestrians and vehicles
- Crown thinning, crown reduction, and reshaping
- Cleaning out dead, dying, damaged, or diseased branches
- Pollarding and re-pollarding where specified
- Formative pruning to support healthy young tree growth
- Sectional dismantling and tree felling where required
- Removal of heavy limbs using controlled rigging methods
- Stump grinding, stump grubbing, and stump treatment
- Root pruning where roots affect paths, roads, lawns, or property
- Crown inspections by competent arborists
The specification also requires clear standards for pruning cuts, use of climbing equipment, winching, diseased material, emergency safety action, and contract monitoring.
Our Approach
Dryad’s approach is simple. Plan well. Work safely. Communicate clearly. Leave each site tidy, safe, and ready for public use.
Before works begin, each task is reviewed for access, public safety, tree condition, traffic, nearby property, and site-specific risks. This helps the team choose the safest method for each tree.
Where climbing is required, rescue planning is in place before work starts. Where defects are found, work stops and the council is informed so the right decision can be made.
Technical Standards
The contract requires tree surgery operations to be carried out in line with BS3998 and the council’s specification. This supports good pruning practice and helps each retained tree keep a balanced, natural crown.
Final pruning cuts are made at suitable branch junctions or lateral growth points. Live trees are not climbed with spikes for pruning. Sectional dismantling is used where straight felling would create a risk to people, property, services, highway features, or nearby trees.
| Service Area | Dryad Delivery Focus |
|---|---|
| Public spaces | Safe working zones, clear access control, and tidy completion |
| Housing land | Resident safety, careful communication, and practical tree risk management |
| Footpaths and highways | Clearance works, visibility, access, and obstruction reduction |
| Woodlands and green spaces | Sensitive tree works that support safety and long-term value |
| Inspections | Competent arborists, clear reporting, and prompt escalation of defects |
Public Safety and Community Value
This contract supports safe, well-managed public spaces across Charnwood.
Tree works can affect daily life. Footpaths, parks, housing areas, and green spaces are used by residents every day. Dryad’s team works with care to reduce disruption, protect site users, and keep people informed where works affect access.
Emergency situations are handled with a safety-first approach. If a tree presents an urgent risk, the team will make the area safe, protect the location, and report the issue to the council for further instruction.
Project Outcomes
As the contract is now starting, the early focus is on mobilisation, safe delivery, and building a strong working relationship with Charnwood Borough Council.
- Clear contract set-up and communication routes
- Safe systems of work for varied council-owned sites
- Competent teams trained for tree surgery and aerial rescue
- Works delivered to recognised arboricultural standards
- Practical support for public safety and tree risk management
- Responsive reporting where defects or site risks are found
Over the life of the contract, Dryad Tree Specialists will help the council maintain safer trees, better access, and well-managed green spaces for local communities.
Get in Touch
If your council, estate, housing provider, or organisation needs professional tree surgery, arboricultural services, tree surveys, or tree risk management, contact Dryad Tree Specialists today. Our experienced team delivers safe, practical, and reliable tree care with clear communication from start to finish.
