AQW 147/10

Mrs Naomi Long
Alliance Party
East Belfast

Tabled Date: 09/09/2009
Answered On Date: 21/09/2009
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of the Environment whether the landscape planting scheme which formed part of Planning Application Z/2008/0489/F was (i) considered in the context of the site at the time it was determined, with the Tree Preservation Order trees already removed from the site at 135 Shandon Park, Belfast; or (ii) considered in the context in which the application was originally submitted with the Tree Preservation Order trees still in situ.

Answer:

The drawings originally submitted with the planning application showed the 4 Tree Preservation Order protected trees still in situ. Planning Service subsequently became aware that these trees had been removed. An amended tree survey drawing was then submitted showing the 5 replacement trees. Planning Service determined the application in the knowledge that the TPO trees had been removed and on the basis of the amended landscape planting plan.