TPO application / CA notification specifications.

[Jon Lad]

Recent TPO applications and CA notifications that I've made to a local planning department to carry out crown reductions have been declared invalid; due to them not being: "sufficiently accurate or clear".  I had stated that the crown was to be reduced by (eg) 2 metres all round and for many years this has been acceptable, prior to that a description of the percentage that the canopy was to be reduced by had been, eg 20% reduction all round; then the suggested amount in metres of the reduction was preferred to a percentage. 

 

However they now require: the current height of the tree; the current spread of the crown; the proposed reduction of the height; the proposed reduction of the spread at each aspect eg "laterally reduce crown spread by 2 metres at east aspect"; the final height of the tree and the final spread of the canopy.

 

I wondered whether anyone else has had similar experiences with their applications or notifications, due to a change in the crown reduction specifications required by tree officers in other planning departments?

[Dan Maynard]

I haven't looked for a bit but I do think the guidance says you need to state finished size. It kind of makes sense as otherwise they can't check your work after it's done.

 

Have to admit I'm not very rigorous, for example recently put one in for reduction 3m back to previous pollard points and so far so good.

[manco]

got yourself a jobsworth.

every so often i get one, i dance to their tune for the application then got back to old habits after that

not much else to do