{"id":109446,"date":"2019-07-29T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-live-in-a-conservation-area-can-i-cut-back-our-trees\/"},"modified":"2019-07-29T13:03:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T06:03:24","slug":"i-live-in-a-conservation-area-can-i-cut-back-our-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/i-live-in-a-conservation-area-can-i-cut-back-our-trees\/","title":{"rendered":"I live in a conservation area \u2013\u00a0can I cut back our trees?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nWe have two large oaks that block light and want to know how much we can prune themQ We recently bought a house with a garden that\u2019s dominated by two large oak trees which block light. Although we\u2019d love to fell the trees, they\u2019re protected because we live in a conservation area although the trees themselves are not protected by individual tree preservation orders (TPOs). The trees overhang the fence into neighbours\u2019 gardens. That fence denotes the boundary of the conservation area. Without individual TPOs, could we argue that any part of the tree that overhangs over the boundary is outside of the conservation area and could therefore be pruned back to the boundary of the conservation area? JDA No you couldn\u2019t and it would be very unwise to carry out any work on your trees without contacting your local planning authority (LPA). Although your trees aren\u2019t protected by individual TPOs, as you say, because they are growing in a conservation area they are protected by the provisions in section 211 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. These provisions require people to notify the relevant LPA (using what\u2019s referred to as a section 211 notice) six weeks before any intended work on the protected trees to obtain the LPA\u2019s consent for the work. However, you don\u2019t have to get permission for a tree which has a trunk which is less than 75cm measured at 1.5m above ground level but I doubt this exception applies to your trees. You might want to let your neighbours know that if they plan to lop off the overhanging branches, they also need to get consent from the LPA before doing so. Even though the branches overhang non-conservation area land, the trees are still protected because they are growing in a conservation area. Doing work without LPA consent carries a hefty fine of up to \u00a320,000. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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