Agenda item

Tree Works Application 14/00578/TPO: Consent to Remove 1 London Plane Tree on Land Adjacent to The Avenue, Beckenham, BR3 5ES

Decision:

CONSENT FOR REMOVALOF TREE GRANTED (with condition for tree replacement)

Minutes:

Oral representations in objection to the application were received at the meeting.

The Legal representative advised Members they were required to make a decision based on the probability of foreseeability that the tree could be the potential cause of damage.  Members were also made aware that refusal of the application could cost the Council in the region of £63,000-£85,000 (excluding legal costs), by way of compensation payment.

Members having considered the report and representations, RESOLVED THAT THE APPLICATION TO REMOVE 1 LONDON PLANE TREE BE GRANTED as recommended with the addition of a condition to read:-

1  A replacement tree of size, species and location to be agreed in writing by the Council shall be planted and thereafter be maintained for a period of 3 years and shall not be pruned or removed without the written consent of the Council.  If the replacement tree dies within that period it shall be replaced with a new tree of a size and species to be agreed in writing by the Council.

 

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