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  5. urgent help with hedges in a conservation area

    in Trees and the Law

    Posted · Edited by lawranced1

    Where are you getting this from??:confused1:

     

    You seem very confused, conservation areas are about maintaing the character of an area, it includes walls,buildings,street furniture,etc,etc.

     

    You need permission for conservatories a to change the external colour of your house etc.

     

    You do need "permission" to carry out tree work, you must give the council notice of your intention to carry out tree works, the council can then place TPO on the tree, you would then need to apply to carry out the work.

     

    The fines are TPO fines, if you fell a tree in a CA without notification the tree is treated as though it was TPO'd.

     

    Your missing the point,

     

    In the United Kingdom, the term Conservation Area nearly always applies to an area (usually urban) considered worthy of preservation or enhancement because of its special architectural or historic interest, "the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance," as required by the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 (Section 69 and 70).

     

    In Conservation Areas, it is the protection of the quality and special interest of the neighbourhood or area as a whole that is intended, rather than specific buildings. For example, the layout of boundaries, roads, vistas and viewpoints, trees and green features, street furniture and surfaces, the characteristic building materials of the area, the mix of different uses, and the design of shop fronts may all be taken into account when deciding whether an area has a particular special architectural or historic interest.

     

    so a tree in a conservation area, could be in a field or side of the road, can't just be cut down with out first go through the motions hence as i said

     

    The law requires that anyone proposing to cut down or carry out any work on ANY tree in a conservation area must give the Council six weeks notice of their intentions. Work may only be undertaken either when permission has been given or the six weeks has expired. Penalties: For cutting down or destroying a tree, a fine of up to £20,000 can be imposed – and the landowner is also required to replace the tree that was removed. For less serious offences, the penalty is a fine of up to £2,500.

     

    so coming back to the original post you can not cut down a 10m 'hedge' in a conservation area because by definition it is classed a tree!!

  10. urgent help with hedges in a conservation area

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    before anyone says it....

     

    A tree is a perennial woody plant. It is most often defined as a woody plant that has many secondary branches supported clear of the ground on a single main stem or trunk with clear apical dominance.[1] A minimum height specification at maturity is cited by some authors, varying from 3 m[2] to 6 m;[3] some authors set a minimum of 10 cm trunk diameter (30 cm girth).[4] Woody plants that do not meet these definitions by having multiple stems and/or small size are usually called shrubs, although many trees such as mallee do not meet such definitions. Compared with most other plants, trees are long-lived, some reaching several thousand years old and growing to up to 115 m (379 ft) high.[5]

  11. urgent help with hedges in a conservation area

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    I think you are getting confused with SSSI's or something, not conservation areas :confused1:

     

     

    If an area is defined as a conservation area it can include

     

    Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)

    Environmentally Sensitive Area

    Local Nature Reserve (LNR)

    Marine Nature Reserve (MNR)

    National Nature Reserve (NNR)

    National Scenic Area (Scotland) (NSA)

    Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ)

    Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

     

    The law requires that anyone proposing to cut down or carry out any work on ANY tree in a conservation area must give the Council six weeks notice of their intentions. Work may only be undertaken either when permission has been given or the six weeks has expired. Penalties: For cutting down or destroying a tree, a fine of up to £20,000 can be imposed – and the landowner is also required to replace the tree that was removed. For less serious offences, the penalty is a fine of up to £2,500.

  13. urgent help with hedges in a conservation area

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    You are separating TPO's and conservation areas, but as Tony pointed out in an earlier post the councils only way of stopping you from carrying out tree works in a conservation area is to put a TPO on the trees concerned, so there really is no difference.

     

    There is a difference, you may be allowed to cut tree shrubs whatever but you might not be allow to access them due to the conservation rules/restrictions, it's not always up to the council to decide it may be a third party natural england for example!

  14. urgent help with hedges in a conservation area

    in Trees and the Law

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    TPO's are Treepreservation orders, Conservation areas can be a mine field so to speak, you should notify someone if you plan to do something most of the time they not bothered what you do but some are fussy, silly things like not walking on the grass or breaking up the ground etc I would always check first it could end up costing you a fortune which in the current climate nobody wants!!

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