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DO YOU NEED PLANNING PERMISSION TO CUT DOWN A TREE ON MY PROPERTY?

The complications of not obtaining planning content are explained

 We put this small article together to explain the need to obtain planning permission to cut any trees down on your land, either if located at the front t or rear of your property.

TREE REMOVAL: Do I need PLANNING? I've been told that I can cut down my trees without permission

The quick answer is yes. Discount Plans would recommend a submission to take place, and it’s FREE for that peace of mind.

 

All is done online via the planning portal system. An application is made under a tree removal application scheme, not a planning application, and the application is free for a change to all applicants.

The council will need scaled 1:50 drawings of the site showing all tree information such as species, height, location of tree and diameter of tree trunk. All drawings are uploaded via the portal, and an accompanying application form and block/site location plans are submitted.

The application will be determined by various departments within the council's planning and environmental departments and can be subject to a new TPO (tree preservation order) being issued on any disclosure of tree information provided. Decisions are made within six weeks of the application being issued and are sent to the agent dealing with your initial application.

If accepted, then work can proceed within 3 years.

Failing to obtain written permission from the council could result in cutting down a tree

which is already protected without your knowledge; the fines for cutting down a

protected tree offences are, in some cases, unlimited or imprisonment.

From obtaining planning permission to receiving a £20,000 fine with no future allowances towards obtaining planning.

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A STOREY NOT TO BE REPEATED BY NOT KNOWING ....

A client of ours cut down a tree without knowing it had a TPO registered to it. She had just bought the house, and a tree was located at the rear of the garden in the way of her proposed dream home office outbuilding.

Plans were drawn up and submitted to the council for the outbuilding proposal. A case officer was assigned to her application, and after reviewing information gathered from a carried-out site visit, it was found that a tree was on record on TPO maps. The case officer identified the year of the tree removal from satellite records and brought up a case against the homeowner.

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A client of ours cut down a tree without knowing it had a TPO registered to it. She had just bought the house, and a tree was located at the rear of the garden in the way of her proposed dream home office outbuilding.

Plans were drawn up and submitted to the council for the outbuilding proposal. A case officer was assigned to her application, and after reviewing information gathered from a carried-out site visit, it was found that a tree was on record on TPO maps. The case officer identified the year of the tree removal from satellite records and brought up a case against the homeowner.
The environmental agency got involved, and the homeowner was fined £20,000 for the illegal felling of the protected tree. Furthermore, no outbuilding was allowed ever to be granted as a condition was added to the property.

Don’t take the risk; apply for a free submission request.

If you require any tree removal, even if it’s located to the rear or front of your property, which is located on your land, then contact our team today for a free consultation. Our expert team will give you the advice and help needed before carrying out any work for that peace of mind.

We hope you found this helpful article for your proposed loft conversion proposal, join1000s of other satisfied customers whom we have helped design to their tailored layout. Regards John. Domenech 

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