BS 5837  
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 Planning Condition 

 

LA04A   PROTECT TREES SHOWN ON PLAN

No equipment, machinery or materials are to be brought on the site for the purpose of the development until all the trees to trees to be retained have been protected by fences or other suitable means of enclosure to the distance of the outermost limit of the branch spread or as per recommendation given in BS 5837 (991), Table A "A Guide for Trees in Relation; to Construction" whichever is the further from the tree and with regard to this proposal the protection fencing shall be at least 2.4m high, comprising a scaffolding framework, as in 8.22 of BS 5837 (1991) supporting a minimum of 20mm. exterior grade ply or other robust man made boards as shown in BSS 5837 (1991) figure 5, without which no activities associated with building operation shall take place, such areas also being free of the storage of materials or temporary structures.  No fire shall be lit within 60m. from the outside of the crown spread of the trees to be retained.

as officially specified
attached to the outline plan decision notice



The reality:

The remains of a cherry tree that had stood next to the wall,
straddled by remnant branches of a destroyed rose bush.


  (photos taken 31st October and 1st November 2002)

and on October 29th, one month after the anouncement of an immediate "destructive search",
the local Council's Tree Officer knew nothing at all about the site.

protection?