Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the report of the Head of Development Management concerning provisional Tree Preservation Order (TPO) No. 5004/2022/TPO which was made to protect a multi-stemmed Ash tree on the southwest boundary to the rear of the property known as St Cross, Linton Hill, Linton Maidstone, Kent.  It was noted that:

·  The Order was made in response to a Conservation Area notification to remove the tree.

·  The proposal and the amenity value of the tree had been assessed and the tree was found to merit the protection of a TPO based on its amenity contribution to the local landscape as well as within the wider context of the large number of Ash trees currently being lost to Ash dieback.  The proposal was viewed as inappropriate arboricultural management, and it was considered expedient to make the tree the subject of a TPO. 

·  An objection had been received to the making of the Order from the landowner.  The Officers considered that the reasons provided to support the objection were not based on arboricultural grounds and were not sufficient to outweigh the loss of a healthy mature tree.

The Democratic Services Officer read out a statement on behalf of Mr Cole, the landowner.

RESOLVED:  That Tree Preservation Order No. 5004/2022/TPO be confirmed without modification.

Voting:  13 – For  0 – Against  0 - Abstentions