Well, in some cases people are just ignoring laws because they know enforcement is lax. Technically, I need to get a permit to cut down _any_ tree over 5 years

Well, in some cases people are just ignoring laws because they know enforcement is lax. Technically, I need to get a permit to cut down _any_ tree over 5 years old more than 30 meters from my house. Nobody does this, and the law is unenforced, but I probably wouldn't put up a video of it for fear of attracting attention. I also should have tried to get a permit for my daughters' playhouse - _clearly_ not an inhabitable structure - because it's in the curtilage of a protected structure. But I didn't. Recording things and putting them online invites complaint from busybodies though.