Opinions on a TPO'd Tree Application

[Jack Price]

Their solicitor will have told them about the TPO's, as they would come up when they did their "search".

 

I can definitely see where your coming from and I did want to hear different opinions, it was unfair of me to comment on behalf of them as I wasn't involved that far back when they bought the house, so I'm gonna stay neutral from now on

[Jack Price]

What about the 25% reduction suggested?

 

the only news we have heard is through the newspaper so we are none the wiser! will be phoning today

[tuttle]

nieghbours want privacy, as long as the tree is on someone elses property.

 

find out what root cause for the objection is.

[AA Teccie (Paul)]

In my experience, as a former TPO tree officer, sometimes decisions are taken away from you where there is strong local interest and a political will...I think it's called 'democracy'.

 

Hence you may wish to consider an 'appeal', not to be undertaken lightly tho as at tax payers expense, but this can sometimes have the effect of being a 'check and balance'.

 

You have 28 days from receipt of the decision notice to appeal (see Planning Portal - Tree Preservation and Replacement Appeals) and remember, unlike previously, you can only use the reasons cited on the application to support the appeal (you cannot 'add meat' via an appeals notice.)

 

Haven't read the detail to be honest but what you describe is, in (large) part, the reason I left the TPO officer role....I simply wasn't cut out for it finding myself trying to defend previous poor planning decisions often involving retention of inappropriate trees (not to say that's the case here of course!)

 

Good luck..!

Paul

[HCR]

Perfectly normal to find out by the newspaper first - they send reporters to planning committee meetings and it appears in the paper the next day. How can the LPA get a letter out that quickly?

 

Applicants are entitled to make representations at the committee, so this could have been helpful, with the added bonus of finding out the result before it was in the paper. Ok, so it might have been impossible to attend, but it's always a good idea.