Victoria Cottage Homes, St. Saviour: Protection of Trees

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A decision made 10 April 2012:

Decision Ref:	MD–PE–2012-0034
Subject:	List of Protected Trees: Beech trees at Victoria Cottage Homes, St Saviour
Decision Summary Title:	DS - List of Protected Trees: Beech trees at Victoria Cottage Homes, St Saviour
DS Author:	Director
DS Date:	05 April 2012	DS Status:	Public
Written Report Title:	n/a
WR Author:	n/a
WR Date	n/a	WR Status:	n/a
Oral Rapporteur:	Director
Decision(s):	The Minister resolved; not to add the five beech trees, at Victoria Cottage Homes, St Saviour to the List of Protected Trees; to encourage the Minister for Housing to implement a comprehensive replacement of the beech trees at Victoria Cottage Homes with a new avenue of substantial semi-mature trees
Reason(s) for Decision:	whilst the five beech trees, at Victoria Cottage Homes, St Saviour are all of sufficient amenity value to warrant addition to the List of Protected Trees in accordance with the provisions and purposes of the Planning and Building (Jersey) Law 2002, three of them are suffering from fungal decay and the remaining two, whilst displaying no visible evidence of fungal attack presently are considered likely to succumb to the same within a relatively short period of time; the replacement of the beech trees, following their comprehensive removal, with a new avenue of substantial semi-mature trees is considered to be important for the local townscape, the setting of the Listed building and the character of the area.
Legal and Resource Implications:	The Minister is empowered to add trees to the List of Protected Trees where he is satisfied they have public amenity value, having considered all relevant material considerations as set out in the Law. In adding a tree to the List the Minister is then able to control the management of any Listed tree on the basis of its amenity value.
Action required:	Notify the Minister for Housing of the Minister’s decision not to List the trees and to encourage him to implement a comprehensive scheme of replacement planting .
Signature:
Position:	Deputy RC Duhamel, Minister for Planning and Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different to Date Signed):