Application Number: 18/01457/TPO	

Arboricultural Comments (TCA & TPO)
	
Application Received:	14 August 2018	
Target Date:	9 October 2018	
Report Date:	3 October 2018	
Case Officer:	Patrick Prendergast (Arboricultural Officer)	

Applicant / Agent

Mrs Dixon
c/o Mr Ben Southall
Treetech Arboricultural Services Ltd
Lower Buildings
Sarsden
Chipping Norton
OX7 6PN	
	Site Address

Penn House
9 Walford Road
Sibford Ferris
Banbury
OX15 5BP

Significant Parish Council comments:	The local Parish Council objects on the basis that the tree was part of the original screening of the site. Also they state that no reason was given for the removal 	
Statutory Protection:	TPO 22/2011	
T.E.M.P.O guidance notes completed:	Not applicable	

Trees / Proposal (Brief Description)

T1 x Ash - Fell.  Tree subject to TPO 22/2011	

Site visit
The reason given on the application was that the tree is getting too big for a small garden and is blocking views, which will develop further as it matures.

A reason is given on the application but the application had not been put on the public portal 

Following a site inspection on the 1st October 2018 it was noted that the beech tree between the two ash trees is not able to develop. Also with the spread of ash die back disease it is an opportunity to get a new tree in place for the longer term.  	

Conclusion

In view of the comments above it is sensible to allow removal to allow the beech tree to develop and get a replacement tree planted in an acceptable location 	

Case officer decision:	Application Permitted	
Case officer signature:	Patrick Prendergast	
SCHEDULE OF CONDITIONS	

 1	The works hereby granted consent shall commence within two years of the date of this consent.
	
	Reason - To ensure the continued health of retained trees/hedges and to ensure that they are not adversely affected by the construction works, in the interests of the visual amenity of the area, to ensure the integration of the development into the existing landscape and to comply with Policy C28 of the adopted Cherwell Local Plan 1996 and Government guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 2	The works hereby granted consent shall consist only of those detailed in the description of the application for which consent has been sought [Remove ash tree to ground level]
	
	Reason - In the interests of the visual amenities of the area and to comply with good arboricultural practice and Government Guidance contained within the National Planning Policy Framework.

 3	Prior to the commencement of any works to the trees on the site, full details of replacement tree planting, including number, location, species and size at time of planting shall be submitted to and approved in writing by the Local Planning Authority. Thereafter, the replacement tree shall be planted in the first planting season (mid November to end of March) following the removal of the tree(s) for which consent has been granted and any tree which, within a period of five years from being planted dies, is removed or becomes seriously damaged or diseased, shall be replaced in the current/next planting season in accordance with the approved details and the wording of this condition.
	
	Reason - In accordance with the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 and The Town and Country Planning (Tree Preservation) (England) Regulations 2012.