Decision Maker: Executive Director, Place
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
This decision is
taken under delegated powers set out in Paragraph 145 of the Officer Scheme of
Delegation in the Council’s constitution, which grants delegated authority to undertake all action in order to regulate any actual, perceived or
potential breach of any of the Town and
Country Planning Legislation including:
(f) to determine whether or not to take and/or to cease action whether
because in his/her opinion the breach is trivial, there is insufficient
demonstrable harm and/or, it is not expedient to take / continue to take action
This authority has
been delegated to me through the Local Scheme of Nomination for the Executive
Director for Place.
This is a technical breach. Officers have established that the tree was diseased prior to removal. If the required notice had been given consent for removal would have been granted. Replant has been secured to replace the removed tree.
Prosecution tree and service of a tree replacement notice. As re-planting has been secured voluntarily the harm has been mitigated. There is no public benefit in taking matter further.
N/A
Publication date: 23/05/2022
Date of decision: 23/05/2022