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This report provides a review of the delivery of the Council’s Tree Planting Fees & Charges Policy.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Consider and note the 9-month review of Council’s Tree Planting Fees & Charges Policy.

The Committee received a report providing a review of the delivery of the Council’s Tree Planting Fees & Charges Policy.

The Committee considered the following matters:

a)            Review of Charges. In response to a Member, the Head of Place Development stated that if he believed in his professional opinion that the charges for the tree planting service were too high or too low, then the matter could be brought to Committee in future with a recommendation to vary the charges.

b)            Donated Trees. A Member enquired as to whether the Council could accept and plant trees donated by third parties. The Head of Place Development stated that, in such circumstances, the Council would not charge for the planting of such a tree if it was proposed to be planted on approved land as identified within the Tree Management Plan and was compliant with the terms and regulations set out in said plan.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Consider and note the 9-month review of Council’s Tree Planting Fees & Charges Policy.