The Committee
considered the report and the urgent update report of the Head of
Planning and Development concerning Tree Preservation Order No.
5007/2014/MS which was made to protect a mature Sycamore tree
growing in the southern corner of the owner’s garden adjacent
to The Street, Detling. It was noted
that:
·
The Order had been made in response to conservation area
notification 14/502209/TCA. The notice
proposed the removal of the tree. The
amenity evaluation assessment confirmed that the tree was of
sufficient quality and amenity value to merit protection by a Tree
Preservation Order.
·
An objection to the Order had been received from the tree owner on
the grounds that the tree was a nuisance and a danger. However, on balance, it was the Landscape
Officer’s view that the grounds of objection were not
sufficiently robust to suggest that it was inappropriate to make a
Tree Preservation Order on the Sycamore tree or that the tree
should not continue to be the subject of the Order.
RESOLVED: That Tree Preservation
Order No. 5007/2014/MS be confirmed without modification.
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