Agenda and minutes

Agenda and minutes

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Items
No. Item

1.

Minutes of the Previous Meeting pdf icon PDF 192 KB

To receive and note the minutes of the previous meeting.

Minutes:

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 19th April 2021 were received and noted.

2.

Questions Under Other Committee Procedures 12.8

Minutes:

No questions had been submitted.

3.

Disclosures of Pecuniary and Personal Interests

Minutes:

No disclosures were made.

4.

Borough of Charnwood (104 Main Street, Swithland) Tree Preservation Order 2021 pdf icon PDF 171 KB

A report of the Head of Strategic Support.

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 Locum Solicitor.

 

The Head of Planning and Regeneration’s representatives and the objector attended the meeting to put forward their cases and answer the Committee’s questions.

 

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 (104 Main Street, Swithland) Tree Preservation Order 2021 be confirmed with modification to remove tree T3 from the order.

 

Reason

 

Having considered, in accordance with the procedure set out in the Council’s Constitution, the objection to the Order, the Committee considers that the reasons put forward for not protecting the tree T3 outweigh the contribution it makes to the amenity of the area and that tree T3 should not therefore be protected.

5.

Borough of Charnwood (516 Bradgate Road, Newtown Linford) Tree Preservation Order 2021 pdf icon PDF 176 KB

A report of the Head of Strategic Support.

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).

 

Assisting with consideration of the report: the Locum Solicitor.

 

The Head of Planning and Regeneration’s representatives and the objector and his representative attended the meeting to put forward their cases and answer the Committee’s questions.

 

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 (516 Bradgate Road, Newtown Linford) Tree Preservation Order 2021 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 tree did not outweigh the contribution it made to the amenity of the area and that the tree should therefore be protected.