You're right there Dom and personally I'm guilty as charged - but then
again I'm also guilty of being unable to swim through treacle.
Gilbert Addison
Tree and Countryside Officer
Breckland Council
Tel: 01362 656243
Fax: 01362 656297
-----Original Message-----
From: Dominic Scanlon [mailto:dom@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.co.uk]
Sent: 27 February 2006 09:20
To: UK Tree Care
Subject: RE: Separation distances.
Addison wrote:
<If you are dealing with a development site you run up against PPG3 and
minimum densities. We asked the ODPM to what extent we could remove the
land required by trees from density calculations for the number of
houses to be crammed onto the site. We were told that only significant
landscape buffer strips could be abstracted, not individual trees or
groups within the development. For this reason, a significant proportion
of contemporary developments will have no trees of any substance in 30
years time despite much handwringing and fine words from arb
professionals.
So my feeling is that any such policy would be indefensible.
History will not judge us well.>
Good design is the key here - whilst it might be undesirable to have
trees
near houses, it is often a good excuse to put other structures near them
(outside the CEZ) like roads, garages, footpaths, etc. Use of the site
in
this way also provides a good separation between trees and dwellings and
may
not affect density, but will aid tree protection. The urban design
advice
in 'better livings by design - a companion guide to PPG3' gives layout
advice and if you factor trees into this the density may not be affected
significnatly. This all depends on planners who are aware/grasped this
advice and understand it. Having an urban designer also helps. I am
awre
that many LA's have not really got their heads around this whole issue.
Dom
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