Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Director of Place Management.

The report details an objection to a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) at 23 Offerton Road, related to two mature pine trees.

This matter was considered at the last meeting of the Area Committee where it was agreed to defer a decision to enable a letter to be sent to the resident to inform them that the letter of that the letter from 1997 was too old to justify a decision not to protect the tree.  The resident has since replied and supplied additional evidence to support his claim that the trees are unsuitable for Tree Preservation Order, which has been included in the report.

The Area Committee is recommended to uphold the TPO as confirmed on 1  August 2023.

Officer contact: Peter Pollard on 0161 474 5637 or email peter.pollard@stockport.gov.uk

A representative of the Director of Place Management submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) detailing an objection to a Tree Preservation Order (TPO) at 23 Offerton Road, related to two mature pine trees.

It was noted that this matter was considered at the last meeting of the Area Committee where it was agreed to defer a decision to enable a letter to be sent to the resident to inform them that the letter of that the letter from 1997 was too old to justify a decision not to protect the tree. The resident has since replied and supplied additional evidence to support his claim that the trees are unsuitable for Tree Preservation Order, which has been included in the report.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         Members commented that the two reports submitted by the resident supported the resident’s request that the trees be cut down.

·         In response it was stated that the reports did not clarify which tree roots were causing damage to drainage and the driveway.

·         It was reported that the Tree Preservation Order for the two trees fell into the ‘defensible’ category.

RESOLVED (5 for, 1 against, 3 abstentions) – That the Tree Preservation Order at 23 Offerton Road, Hazel Grove be rescinded.