DM10 - Protection of Trees and Hedgerows
Object
Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review
Representation ID: 5290
Received: 05/03/2015
Respondent: New Anglia LEP for Norfolk and Suffolk
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? Not specified
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
The Borough Council may consider a minor amendment to the supporting text of Policy DM10 to make reference to the Hedgerow Regulations.
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Object
Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review
Representation ID: 5510
Received: 03/03/2015
Respondent: Northern Fringe Protection Group
Number of people: 323
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
In order to be sustainable Policy DM10 needs to reference the Hedgerow Regulations 1997 and the CS needs to state that "important hedgerows" will be protected from being removed (uprooted or destroyed).
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Object
Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review
Representation ID: 5530
Received: 05/03/2015
Respondent: Mr Arwel Owen
Legally compliant? Not specified
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? Not specified
DM10 clause (b) fails to anticipate that there may be other sound reasons for requiring works to a tree. The Policy should be reworded to reflect such cases. It restricts the criteria under which specific arboriculture activities will be permitted. However, landscape considerations (e.g. the creation of new green spaces) or transport considerations (e.g. the need to serve access to or within a development site) may offer sound justification for felling trees. In the context of a replacement policy being applied under DM10, these would be sound alternative reasons for undertaking works to a tree.
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Object
Proposed Submission Core Strategy and Policies Development Plan Document Review
Representation ID: 5723
Received: 05/03/2015
Respondent: Save Our Country Spaces
Legally compliant? No
Sound? No
Duty to co-operate? No
SOCS endorse the Northern Fringe Protection Group's points. In order to be sustainable Policy DM10 needs to reference the Hedgerow Regulations 1997 and the CS needs to state that "important hedgerows" will be protected from being removed (uprooted or destroyed).
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