PLEASE NOTE: THIS FREE OF CHARGE EVENT HAS BEEN DESIGNED FOR LOCAL AUTHORITY TREE OFFICERS, IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND AS A NON TREE OFFICER A DONATION IS REQUIRED.
Topics covered include:
The TPO legislation Summary of the 2012 TPO Regulations Good Practice:
- Making and serving Tree Preservation Orders
- Considering objections to new Tree preservation Orders
- Confirming a Tree Preservation Order
- Varying and revoking Tree Preservation Orders
- Exceptions relating to applications to carry out work on trees subject to a Tree Preservation Order
- Validating applications for consent under a Tree Preservation Order
- Taking decisions on applications for consent under a Tree Preservation Order
Use of conditions and informatives Protecting trees in conservation areas:
- Validating section 211 notices
- Exceptions relating to section 211 notices
Options available when in receipt of a 211 notice, including making new Tree Preservation Orders Enforcing tree protection offences: Guidance and best practice for TPO and breach of planning condition offences:
- Gathering evidence
- Options available Replacing protected trees
- Use of conditions
- Tree replacement notices Examples from Case Law The Planning Policy and Development Control role Permitted Development rights and protected trees Policy
- National guidance concerning trees and best practice
- NPPF
- TDAG documents
- New ideas from other professions
- The ‘mitigation hierarchy’ approach to trees on development sites
- Impact on existing trees
- What to look for, what information to ask for and when to ask for it in the planning process (BS 5837)
- How close is too close?
- Levels and no-dig-construction
- Impact of existing trees on future occupants
– liveability
- Arboricultural monitoring
- Use of planning conditions
- The new protocol
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