Root protection area

[Zaman]

Hi. I am new here and i thank all who gives me advice. I will explain briefly the situation.

 

I own a parcel of land approx 1 acre woodland. It used to be an old water tower station. This has actually been removed now. On the land it has TPO's. Many of the TPO trees has been felled due to dying. Which approval was given by my local council and replanted new trees to compensate. I am in the process of applying for single dwelling house to be build. I have recieved objections from various people. However the landscape team has made a comment. Their comment is quite complicated in places and simple in others. I want to know does a root protection area only apply to TPO trees or is it trees in general? Is the RPA the law or consideration? From what I can gather from their comments, he remarks on the roots and the distances, in which has never been mentioned to me before on any of my property projects. He mentions different distances for different trees, again is this correct or law or does the area vary depending on size of the tree or what? Some of the trees he has referred to, don't have TPO's on them and they are actually on the other side of my boundary fence. I just need some advice please..I know I've not given the full aspect of my situation I have not come across what sounds like the RPA that he is referring to. Also does a TPO protect the roots aswel as the top ground tree or is it the fact that TPO covers the top and then RPA covers the roots on all trees? I know I said "briefly " at the beginning but it's ended in an essay. Please any advice will be helpful to me. Many thanks 

[JAG63]

Have a look at building regulations re root protection zoning and don't forget it's based on the eventual size not current size and includes trees that are to be planted in the future. I believe TPOs apply to the tree, i.e. both above and below ground as the concept is to preserve the tree in good health.

[Zaman]

13 minutes ago, JAG63 said:

Have a look at building regulations re root protection zoning and don't forget it's based on the eventual size not current size and includes trees that are to be planted in the future. I believe TPOs apply to the tree, i.e. both above and below ground as the concept is to preserve the tree in good health.

Thank you

[daltontrees]

10 hours ago, Zaman said:

Thank you

TPOs protect all bits of the tree, above and below ground. That's the law.

 

Councils can request tree constraints plan and tree protection plan for any tree during the planning process. That's the law.

[Anno]

Trees are a 'material consideration' in terms of planning, it is not unusual in my experience for them to ask for plotted RPA details.

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

Just post a link to the planning application at the LA webpage so that people can see the detail of the application and the consultee comments (which are already in the public domain) and that will allow for a more informed and detailed response....