Course content
- Introduction
- The reference framework for managing urban trees (Town & Country Planning Act, BS5837, BS8545, TDAG publications)
- The emerging focus on tree benefits and the potential to use i-Tree within the planning system
- Local plans and tree strategies
- Importance of plans - strategies for dealing with the complexity of CAD
- Written documentation – purpose of reports (enforcement & communication), focused writing, organisation
- Constraints – RPAs and future growth
- Arboricultural appraisal reports – purpose and content
- Arboricultural method statements – purpose and content
- Structural tree planting strategies – proving enhancement
- Importance of collaboration – a new model for team working between the public and private sectors
- Doing more for less - smart working within the planning framework
- Highways and adoption issues
- Planning submission & processing – efficiency do’s and don’ts
- Post-planning consent management – pre-commencement meetings, supervision and discharging conditions
- Redefining the management of trees within the planning process
- Putting it all into practice – case studies including (Bomber Command Memorial, the Leicester Square refurbishment and the Connaught artwork installation):
- Planning conditions
- Site supervision
- Tree protection
- Excavation in RPAs and raising levels
- Installing surfacing
- Installing buildings and other structures
- Drainage
- New planting
- Summing up and questions
Course Materials provided:
- Course hand out
- Notepad - Pen
Certification: Arboricultural Association attendance certificate
- The course will include some outdoor practical sessions (please bring suitable clothing for indoor and outdoor sessions). Refreshments and lunch are provided.
In association with
It is expected that delegates will have experience of trees within the planning process.