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-----Original Message-----
From: M.Esom@richmond.gov.uk [mailto:M.Esom@richmond.gov.uk]
Sent: 21 June 2004 08:53
To: ron.harvey@blueyonder.co.uk
Subject: FW: Mill Farm Site Conduct

Martin Esom

Assistant Director Environmental Protection and Customer Services

Tel 020 8891 7319

Fax 020 8891 7702

Mobile 0790409 5604

Email: m.esom@richmond.gov.uk <m.esom@richmond.gov.uk>

-----Original Message-----

From: Martin Esom

Sent: 21 June 2004 08:52

To: 'Ron Harvey '

Cc: Cllr John Coombs; Cllr James Mumford; Maureen Waygood; David Barnes

Subject: Mill Farm Site Conduct

Dear Mr Harvey

I refer to your email on the above subject

For the avoidance of doubt, I should first make it clear that the damage to

the trees on this site necessitating their removal was not sanctioned by the

Council or officers and neither I nor other officers condone or defend what

the contractors have done in this respect.

The officer's advice to remove the trees in the interests of public safety

having seen that they were unstable due to the contaminated earth removal

works, was based on a common sense assessment of the situation presented to

them as previously explained. The advice was not given as a formal decision

to vary or waive a planning condition but as a response to a situation that

had already taken place without approval from them or the local planning

authority. The formal procedures of considering any variations or waiving of

the conditions attached to the permission for the development have yet to

take place. When they do they will be subject to the normal and proper

planning control processes and the views of interested parties will be taken

into account before a decision is made.

The developer of the site and their contractors have been made fully aware

of their responsibilities in terms of the planning conditions in question

and the potential consequences of failing to comply with them.

Thank you for raising this with me