Issue - meetings

RESOLVED

The District of Teignbridge (Land off Broadway Road, Kingsteignton) Tree Preservation Order 2025 be confirmed unmodified.

Cllr Cox left the room for this item as he had declared an interest. 

The Senior Arboricultural Officer presented the application to the Committee.

In response to discussion by members, the Officers advised that the TPO was not intended to prevent quarrying, but to protect the woodlands from full or part clearance or inappropriate management outside the remit of a planning application.  The TPO exists to legally protect the trees from harm.

Officers advised that through the Review of Old Minerals Permissions legislation Devon County Council had established that should an application be submitted to DCC for mineral extraction a detailed survey and assessment of trees and the impact on them would be necessary before planning permission could be granted for that activity.  If an application for mineral extraction were to come forward Planning Officers at DCC would consider the balance between protection of the trees and the need for the minerals.

It was proposed by Cllr Palethorpe and seconded by Cllr Bradford that the District of Teignbridge (Land off Broadway Road, Kingsteignton) Tree Preservation Order 2025 be confirmed unmodified.

A vote was taken. The result was unanimously in favour.

RESOLVED

The District of Teignbridge (Land off Broadway Road, Kingsteignton) Tree Preservation Order 2025 be confirmed unmodified.