Decision details

EN/2022/00208- Land North Of 16 And 17 High Street Compton Abbas

Decision Maker: Executive Director, Place

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

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.

 

Reasons for the decision:

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.

Alternative options considered:

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.

Interests and Nature of Interests Declared:

N/A

Publication date: 23/05/2022

Date of decision: 23/05/2022