15 Church Street, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 8NA
| Planning & Development - Further Information |
Producing planning related reports within Surrey is Andrew Pinchin's speciality. If
you are submitting a planning application that may affect trees, you will
need an arboricultural report. Ideally, the trees will be surveyed
before the design is drawn up by your architect so that the tree
constraints can be taken into account. In practice, the design is
sometimes drawn up before the tree survey takes place. This can work
too, but it does mean that the design may need to be altered further
down the line.
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| Your full arboricultural report will be e-mailed as a pdf document and will include the following 3 elements:
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A Tree Survey Schedule. A
Tree Survey is carried out in accordance with the relevant British
Standard (BS5837:2012) and will include trees within and immediately adjacent
to the site with trunk diameters over 75mm (3 inches). The Schedule
is then produced using a database application (Filemaker), incorporating details of
the
trees and details of
any required tree works.
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An Arboricultural Impact Assessment.
This considers the impact of the proposal on trees. It looks at which
trees would be need to be removed, any pruning works that will be necessary and how the proposal may
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An Arboricultural Method Statement.
This provides details of exactly how the retained trees will need to be
protected throughout the development process. It
includes a Tree Protection Plan produced with Computer Aided Design (CAD) software. This is a scaled plan showing the
proposal in relation to the surveyed trees and the required tree protective
fencing and ground protection.
Click here
for a sample arboricultural report including a tree survey schedule, an
arboricultural impact assessment and an arboricultural method statement.
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Fees
at APArboriculture also include any verbal or e-mailed advice required
during the pre-application and application stages of the proposal - we
are here to help and ensure that everthing runs smoothly for you.
APArboriculture
offers additional services that you may wish to make use of. These
include a tree location plotting service using a laser measuring device
(useful if you do not have a topographical survey showing the tree
locations and usually included in the report fee) and provision of landscaping schemes/plans (often necessary
to discharge landscaping conditions of planning consents).
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You
will normally need to submit your arboricultural report to the Local Planning Authority at the same time as your
planning application to enable the application to be validated by the Council, so it makes sense to commission one at an early
stage. Site visits can also be arranged to give verbal advice on site in the first instance where this may be useful.
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Any
queries? Please do email Andrew Pinchin at aparboriculture@gmail.com
for some advice on how to proceed. All emails are responded to within
24 hours - often within an hour or two. Alternatively give him a call
on 01932 450104 or 07921 063171. If you receive an answer-phone message
please leave a message and he will call back as soon as possible.
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| APArboriculture - Professional Arboricultural Consultancy for Surrey & the South East |
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