We have submitted the following comments to East Herts Council following a planning application for redevelopment at 2A Church Road.
Paragraph 4.2.1 of the Arboricultural Impacts Assessment says that the proposed development necessitates the removal of the Leyland cypress T4 and T5, and that T3 is to be removed for arboricultural reasons and to allow for new planting. Whilst the trees scheduled for removal are listed as C/U grade, we recommend their replacement as per Neighbourhood Plan Policy HBN3: Nature Conservation, which says: ‘replacement of trees with native trees, in suitable locations, will be encouraged where the development results in the unavoidable loss of trees on the site’.
It’s noted that incursion into tree root protection areas, associated with this proposed development, would be below the generally recognised British Standard 20% threshold, and that, as stated in the Arboricultural Impacts Statement, an arboricultural method statement and tree protection plan will be required.