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I work for a company of architects and am struck by how inconsistent advice from tree officers at local authorities can be. We appoint a number of tree consultants to work on our behalf and value their advice, however it often falls on deaf ears. My current bugbear is how inconsistent officers can be over works outside an RPA. Yes I said "outside" an RPA! As I understand it BS5837 has prescriptive advice in relation to work inside of an RPA but does not need to provide advice for ground works outside of an RPA because, I presume, it can be considered that the protection of the tree has been suitably considered against the advice BS5837. Am I right? What do I do about this? Does anyone work with Tree Officers that seem to create arbitray rules surrouding RPAs?
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Dropped kerb planning rejected due to RPA
Gajendra posted a question in Homeowners Tree Advice Forum
We just bought a property in Sutton and it does not currently have a driveway. I applied for initial assessment for a dropped kerb with Sutton council but two days later I got email to informed me my application has been rejected due to two trees on public pavement and RPA (12 times) calculations overlapping. I am really confused as both trees are not directly outside my property and my neighbors already have a dropped kerb. Is there anything can be done to install the dropped kerb and not harm the trees? Any guidance would be great thanks 🙏 -
Hi I'm wanting to build a garage in my front garden, after I was somewhat conned by the builders, but that's a long story. There is a large oak tree on the edge of my front boundary to a main road and large grassed area that has a RPA within in it, drawn as a circle. I wanted to erect a garage about 12m from the tree, near the house, for which it seems I need planning permission due to being in front of the forward elevation of the house.... GRRRRRRR. As such I will also come under the beady eye of the tree lady, who will no doubt argue the roots won't like it. I actually love the tree and without question want to protect it. If one altered the shape of the RPA it would spread under the driveway, which is shallow construct, just gravel and porous paving. The tree is quite large, about 1m at 1.5m above the ground. Does anyone have any ideas that might improve my chances. Out of interest, I also have a fir tree at the back, which is also protected!!!! where a garage could go, but I was hoping to leave all trees in tact, even if I could get the protection order on the fir lifted...is that likely? Thank you for any help.
