Agenda and minutes

To receive and note the minutes of the previous meeting.

The minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 25th July 2022 were received and noted.

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No disclosures were made.

No questions had been submitted.

A report of the Head of Governance and Human Resources.

Considered a report of the Head of Governance and Human Resources setting out details of the Tree Preservation Order served on the above site, the objections received to the Order and the comments of the Head of Planning and Growth on the issues raised by the objections (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 Growth’s representatives and the objectors attended the meeting to put forward their cases and answer the Committee’s questions.

Mr Coombs (objector) circulated additional papers at the meeting in support of his case (copies retained for the record).

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 (Kings Lane South Croxton) Tree Preservation Order 2022 be confirmed, with modification to exclude from woodland W1 the strip of land along the southern boundary and immediately to the north of Queniborough Brook as defined in Appendix 3 to Annex 3 of the report of the Head of Governance and Human Resources (agenda page 46).

Reason

Having considered in accordance with the procedure set out in the Council’s Constitution the objections to the Order, the Committee considered that the strip of land referenced in the above resolution lacked a woodland character and amenity value and that the trees therein should not therefore be protected.

However, the Committee considered that the reasons for forward for not protecting the trees in the remainder of woodland W1 did not outweigh the contribution they made to the amenity of the area and that the trees should therefore be protected.

The Committee noted that the protection afforded by a tree preservation order did not prevent the future and appropriate management of woodland via an agreed management plan.