Yes, and on a long-neglected plot they are really one job rather than two.
Yes, and it costs meaningfully less than booking them separately. One set-up, one chipper on site, one access arrangement and one waste removal.
They also have to be interleaved rather than sequenced — clear enough to work safely, do the tree work, then finish the clearance.
| Step | Why |
|---|---|
| 1. Cut back enough to move safely | Access and visibility |
| 2. Identify hazards | Wells, ponds, dumped material, cables |
| 3. Tree and hedge work | With clear drop zones and known ground |
| 4. Clear the remainder | Including everything the tree work dropped |
| 5. Stumps | While machinery is on site |
| 6. Load and remove | One waste stream, not three |
| 7. Reassess together | Before anything is built or planted |
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There is a practical advantage beyond cost. A crew doing both sees the whole plot at once — which tree is over which boundary, what the clearance revealed about the ground, where the drains are, which stump is in the way of what comes next. That knowledge is worth something, and it is exactly what gets lost when two contractors visit six weeks apart.
This matters more on a clearance than people realise, because trees hidden in an overgrown garden are easy to treat as undergrowth. A self-seeded sycamore is one thing; a protected mature tree that has disappeared into a thicket is quite another, and clearing it without consent is still an offence.
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Yes, and it costs meaningfully less than separately — one set-up, one chipper, one access arrangement and one waste removal.
Neither strictly. Clear enough to move safely and see hazards, do the tree work with clear drop zones, then finish the clearance.
Because you cannot safely reach or fell a tree into dense undergrowth, and hazards like wells and drain covers need identifying first.
Because tree work then drops material onto ground you have just cleared, and chipping happens twice.
Yes — one crew sees the whole plot at once and knows which tree is over which boundary, where the drains are, and which stump is in the way of what comes next.
Yes. Nesting birds restrict tree and hedge work from around March to August, conifers are best cut in the growing season, and deciduous tree work suits winter.
Yes, with Bristol City Council. A tree hidden in a thicket is easy to treat as undergrowth, and clearing a protected one is still an offence.
Yes, and it is worth it while machinery is on site — and before any levelling, or you level twice.
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