TPO consent - varying the two year standard

[Gary Prentice]

That was announced in 2015. It's all right, we probably don't need that many after Brexit:biggrin:

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

That was announced in 2015. It's all right, we probably don't need that many after Brexit:biggrin:

 

It's a whole different topic, but I genuinely can't understand why government departments don't "talk" to each other...

 

If there is a housing shortage, education, health and social care crises, How does adding more people to the equation help? (I'm not buying the "they're paying taxes" line BTW!)

[daltontrees]

The answer is fairly straightforward in England. The 2012 Regulations include this

 

17.—(1) Where an application is made to the authority for consent under an order in accordance

with regulation 16 the authority may—

(a) grant consent under the order, either unconditionally or subject to any such condition as is

specified in paragraph (2); or

(b) refuse consent under the order.

(2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) conditions within subsection (4) of section 202D(a) (tree preservation regulations:

consent for prohibited activities);

(b) conditions requiring approvals to be obtained from the person giving the consent;

© conditions specifying the standard to which the works for which consent has been given must be carried out; and

(d) conditions specifying that the works may be carried out on multiple occasions or within a specified time period only or both.

(3) Where an application relates to an area of woodland, the authority shall grant consent so far as accords with the practice of good forestry, unless they are satisfied that the granting of consent would fail to secure the maintenance of the special character of the woodland or the woodland

character of the area.

 

So, in short, yes. They can. They probably should.