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This guidance to UK Health and Safety Executive and local authority enforcing officers appears to be a change in direction for HSE. The theme of the guidance is that it is reasonable to assess the risks from trees without seeking to assess every tree in detail.

At Laman Street in New South Wales, an avenue of fourteen fig trees was removed by Newcastle City Council against considerable opposition from local people. Over 12,000 people signed a petition to save the trees; the second largest petition in the history of NSW.At the end of December 2001, Mike Ellison was commissioned to carry out a Quantified Tree Risk Assessment of the affected section of Laman Street. This is the report presented to the local residents group 'Save Our Figs Inc.'. If you would like more information or wish to discuss the case, you can post on the Public Discussion Forum in the 'Tree Manager's Resources' section, or if you are a QTRA user, you can post on the User's Discussion List.