Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

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1.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 188 KB

To receive and note the minutes of the previous meeting.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 27th January 2020 were received and noted.

2.

Questions Under Other Committee Procedures 12.8

The deadline for questions is noon on Friday, 29th May 2020.

Minutes:

No questions had been submitted.

3.

Disclosures of Pecuniary and Personal Interests

Minutes:

No disclosures were made.

4.

Borough of Charnwood (Rearsby House Entrance - Rearsby House, 1740 Melton Road, Rearsby) Tree Preservation Order 2019 pdf icon PDF 167 KB

A report of the Head of Strategic Support is attached.

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Considered a report of the Head of Strategic Support setting out details of the Tree Preservation Order served on the above site, the objection received to the Order and the comments of the Head of Planning and Regeneration on the issues raised by the objection (item 5 on the agenda filed with these minutes).

 

Assisting with consideration of the report: The Principal Solicitor – Planning, Property and Contracts.

 

The Head of Planning and Regeneration’s representatives attended the meeting to put forward their case and answer the Committee’s questions.  The objectors did not attend the meeting.

 

The Committee considered this matter in accordance with the “Procedure for Considering Objections to Tree Preservation Orders” set out in the Council’s Constitution and on the agenda for this meeting.

 

RESOLVED that the Borough of Charnwood (Rearsby House Entrance – Rearsby House, 1740 Melton Road, Rearsby) Tree Preservation Order 2019 be confirmed without modification.

 

Reason

 

Having considered, in accordance with the procedure set out in the Council’s Constitution, the objection to the Order, the Committee considered that the reasons put forward for not protecting the trees did not outweigh the contribution they made to the amenity of the area and that the trees should therefore be protected.

5.

Borough of Charnwood (Lady Jane Park, Bradgate Road, Newtown Linford) Tree Preservation Order 2020 pdf icon PDF 166 KB

A report of the Head of Strategic Support is attached.

 

 

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Considered a report of the Head of Strategic Support setting out details of the Tree Preservation Order served on the above site, the objection received to the Order and the comments of the Head of Planning and Regeneration on the issues raised by the objection (item 6 on the agenda filed with these minutes).

 

A further photograph had been submitted by the objector following publication of the report, published as an agenda supplement (copy filed with these minutes).

 

Assisting with consideration of the report: The Principal Solicitor – Planning, Property and Contracts.

 

The Head of Planning and Regeneration’s representatives attended the meeting to put forward their case and answer the Committee’s questions.  The objector did not attend the meeting.

 

The Committee considered this matter in accordance with the “Procedure for Considering Objections to Tree Preservation Orders” set out in the Council’s Constitution and on the agenda for this meeting.

 

RESOLVED that the Borough of Charnwood (Lady Jane Park, Bradgate Road, Newtown Linford) Tree Preservation Order 2020 be confirmed without modification.

 

Reason

 

Having considered, in accordance with the procedure set out in the Council’s Constitution, the objection to the Order, the Committee considered that the reasons put forward for not protecting the trees did not outweigh the contribution they made to the amenity of the area and that the trees should therefore be protected.