Issue - meetings

The Committee received an application to grant consent for felling and pruning as below, subject to replacement planting to mitigate canopy loss.

      i.          TG1: Limes - Remove T1 to T5 to near ground level.

     ii.          TG2: Limes - Re-pollard T6 to T10 at past points and retain on triennial re-pollard cycle.

Councillor Porrer proposed an amendment to the Officer’s recommendation to include an informative requiring that vegetation be planted to replace any trees that die.

This amendment was carried unanimously.

The Committee:

Unanimously resolved (by 7 votes to 0) to accept the officer recommendation and grant permission to grant consent for felling and pruning as proposed, subject to replacement planting to mitigate canopy loss, with an informative concerning a desire for replacement planting be added to replace any trees that die.