MINUTES
OF A MEETING OF THE REGULATORY APPEALS COMMITTEE HELD AT COUNTY HALL,
NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT ON 19 MAY 2003 COMMENCING AT 10.00 AM
Present :
Mr R C Richards (Chairman), Mrs T Butchers,
Mr A J Mundy
Also
Present (Non
Voting) :
1. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
At 10.05 Mr Mundy declared a personal interest in Minute 2(b)
as one of the Directors of the Council’s consultants was known to him.
2.
REPORTS OF THE CHIEF
EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND STRATEGIC DIRECTOR OF ENVIRONMENT SERVICES
(a)
St Anne’s, Augusta Road,
Ryde – Tree Preservation Order No 26, 2002
The Committee were informed that although the landowner was
present following a misunderstanding his lawyer was unable to be present and
the landowner requested that this item be deferred to another meeting so that
his lawyer could be present to make
representations on his behalf.
RESOLVED :
THAT this item be deferred to another meeting to enable the
landowner’s lawyer to be present.
(b)
Coburg Court and Cockerell
Rise, Victoria Grove, East Cowes – Tree Preservation Order No 24, 2002
The Committee received a report form the Chief Executive
Officer and Strategic Director of Environment Services on the history and
current situation regarding the proposal to confirm the above Tree Preservation
Order (TPO) and on the request to remove four trees (number T1, T2, T3 and T4
in the TPO).
The Committee had already visited the site and the view of
the Councils independent consultants were that the trees in question had not
contributed to the structural damage on Coburg Court. It was noted that the
consultants engaged by the applicant for the removal of the trees had suggested
that they were responsible. The Committee considered that, on the basis of the
evidence available, the structural damage to the building was likely to
have been caused by the broken drain, not the trees.
Neither the applicant, landowners or other interested
persons were present.
RESOLVED :
THAT Tree Preservation Order No 24, 2002, be confirmed
without modification and that consent to remove trees number T1, T2, T3 and T4
in the TPO be refused as in the view of the Committee the trees did not
contribute to the structural damage of the property and they were an important
visual amenity for the street scene.
CHAIRMAN