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I spoke to a planning officer the other day who told me that numerous
property developers on her 'patch' were citing NHBC guidelines regarding
tree distances from houses and using them as a reason for only planting
small trees near new houses.
http://www.nhbc.co.uk/N
ewscentre/NewsArchive/Name,23721,en.html
Is this common?
Peter
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