Independent Arboricultural Consultancy

Based in Suffolk and operating throughout Eastern England, the Midlands, Southern England, the South West and South Wales.

 

We are a small, yet experienced practice, with a common-sense approach to tree management. Our aim is to provide a range of arboricultural consultancy services, tailored to your individual needs. We provide user friendly reports, and pride ourselves on the provision of the most up to date advice, utilising the most up to date techniques.

Our range of arboricultural consultancy services is provided by Director and Practising Consultant Owen Hutchison BSc hons, Dip Arb L4, MArborA.

 

Our Services

Our services include the following:

  • Tree safety and management inspections and reports.
  • Internal decay detection using ultrasound tomography and/or micro-drilling.
  • British Standard: 5837 Pre-development tree surveys, arboricultural impact assessments and method statements.
  • Advice on protected trees.
  • Mortgage / homebuyers tree reports and tree-related subsidence investigation.

 

Please see below for further information.

 

Tree Safety Reports

We conduct tree safety and management surveys to suit your needs and requirements.

Planning

We will work closely with architects, planning consultants and consulting engineers, providing advice at every stage.
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Homebuyers Tree Reports

We can provide arboricultural reports to home buyers and mortgage lenders.

Internal Decay Detection

Hutchison Arboriculture can conduct ultrasound tests using our PICUS tomograph.
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Protected Trees

We can advise you on the management of protected trees and make the relevant applications on your behalf.

Testimonials

We pride ourselves on providing excellent customer service. We want you to feel completely at ease when using our services.

 

Purton Manor Farms William Aldridge

We Contacted Hutchison Arboriculture in relation to the construction of a new house on our family farm. Owen advised us of the arboricultural survey and reports that we would require to support our planning application. Working alongside our planning consultant, Owen conducted his survey and produced his reports in a timely and professional manner. When the local planning authority requested additional information around proposed mitigative planting, Owen was able to produce a detailed planting scheme for submission. Our planning application has now been approved and work on the house has begun.

Hansen Tree Care Ltd Director: Piers Hanson

Dear Owen, Just wanted to drop you a line to say what a helpful, knowledgeable and efficient service you provided when recently surveying and reporting on a customer’s sycamore tree.I particularly appreciated the polite, punctual and professional help that you were able to provide both the client and I.
Kind regards
Piers Hansen
Hansen Tree Care Ltd

Choppers Tree Services Director: Paul Knight

We find your reports extremely useful and informative. They are easy to understand and then act upon any recommendations. We will definitely be using Owen again in the near future.

Fulford-Dobson Associates Ltd Jasper Fulford-Dobson MArborA, MCIHort, CEnv Registered Consultant of the Arboricultural Association

I first met Owen in 2016 while he was working for Geosynthetics and providing me with training for their Cellweb (no-dig) tree protection system. Our professional relationship has further developed over the years since he moved into independent consultancy. In 2018 he became a highly valued associate of my practice, carrying out surveys and producing expert arboricultural reports for various clients including English Heritage. Owen is a breath of fresh air, conducting himself with professionalism, efficiency and humility - I can’t recommend him highly enough.

Clerk to Whites Hill and Ruscombe Parish Council Helen Dunn

Owen has carried out our tree surveys for the last couple of years. The mapped locations of the trees, and advice given for each tree are easy to read and understand, and therefore easy to follow through with maintaining our playing field trees.

Girlguiding Gloucestershire Karen McFarlane

Girlguiding Gloucestershire were impressed with the tree hazard and management survey done for us by Hutchison Arboriculture. The survey was thorough, clear and exceptionally helpful to us, highlighting what actions needed to be taken and the priorities. The aerial photos were very useful. We have now actioned the priority work.

B J Unwin Forestry Consultancy Ltd Jim Unwin BScFor, MICFor, FArborA, CEnv

Owen has worked as a sub-consultant for, and associate consultant arboriculturist to, B J Unwin Forestry Consultancy Ltd. on a regular basis since 2017. During that time Owen has proved himself a highly competent tree consultant. Owen’s specialty has been liaising with English Heritage staff and contractors on a five-year tree safety inspection contract on all of its sites from Cornwall to Cheshire. He deals with all clients in a professional and friendly way, carries out accurate tree surveys and inspections, has a good knowledge of tree defects and diseases, and provides readable and accurate reports. I have no reservations in recommending Owen’s tree-consultancy services to any domestic or commercial tree owner, architect or developer.

Director Taverner Tree Services James Taverner

We confidently recommend Owen to our clients, safe in the knowledge he will always provide clear, high quality tree reports and a professional service.

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    Address: 47 Campion Crescent, Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 2DQ.