WARRINGTON Borough Council’s planning committee will meet next week to consider just one item – the future of a single Silver Birch tree.
Councillors will be asked to decide whether or not to confirm a tree preservation order (TPO) on the tree, in the garden of a house in Druridge Drive, Penketh.
The tree is causing structural damage to the foundations of an adjacent garage.
Last month, the council granted permission for the tree to be felled, subject to a replacement being planted. But a few days later, after additional information became available, they slapped another, temporary, preservation order on the tree.
Additionally, a technical report relating to the impact of the tree on the garage foundations had not been provided.
The owner lodged an objection to the temporary order and submitted aboricultural and structural reports indicating the tree was suffering from reduced vigour as a result of the hard surfaces surrounding it and that the garage was suffering distortion and damage caused by the tree. Both reports recommended the tree be removed.
Now the council’s own tree advisor and building control manager have inspected the tree and the garage and are recommending the tree be removed, as it does not have sufficient amenity value to justify confirming the temporary TPO.
The committee is being urged to withdraw the order – allowing the tree to be felled
WARRINGTON Borough Council’s planning committee will meet next week to
consider just one item – the future of a single Silver Birch tree.
Saga of the lone tree
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