Agenda item

Objection to a Tree Preservation Order 25 Highdown Hill Road

Minutes:

The Director of Economic Growth and Neighbourhood Services submitted a report on an objection to Tree Preservation Order (TPO) No.9/19 relating to 25 Highdown Hill Road.  A copy of the TPO plan was attached to the report at Appendix 1.

The report explained that, following the pruning of one of the trees by a neighbour, a TPO had been requested on a Larch tree at 25 Highdown Hill Road by the owner.  Officers had assessed the tree and had considered it, along with a Pine within the rear garden, to be worthy of a TPO.  A TPO had been served on 25 June 2019.  An objection to the inclusion of the T2 Larch had been made by the residents of 5 Eric Avenue, details of which were set out in the report, along with officers’ comments on the objections.

The report concluded that the Larch could be identified as an individual tree but also contributed to the treed nature of the locality, along with the Pine in the same garden.  None of the objections raised were considered to be valid reasons for omitting the tree from the TPO and the tree was under threat of inappropriate pruning by the objector.  It therefore recommended that the TPO be confirmed with the inclusion of the T2 Larch.

Resolved -    That the Tree Preservation Order be confirmed with the inclusion of the T2 Larch.

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