Issue - meetings

To consider objections and representations to the above Tree Preservation Order and to make a decision with respect to confirmation of the order.

The Committee considered a report regarding a Tree Preservation Order which had been made by Congleton Borough Council on 17 December 2008.

The Order covered the majority of the Manchester Metropolitan University, Alsager Campus, and some additional parcels of land in the immediate vicinity containing trees which could be affected by the planned redevelopment of the site.  In due course, a more specific Order would be required, identifying individual trees and groups of trees suitable for retention within the context of the redeveloped site.  The Order had been served on persons with an interest in the land and a number of representations have been received.  If the Tree Preservation Order was not confirmed, the protection it afforded trees would lapse on 16 June 2009.

RESOLVED – That the Manchester Metropolitan University, Alsager Campus, Interim Tree Preservation Order 2008 be confirmed, subject to a modification to the plan to exclude land at Grove House, Sunnyside, Alsager.

Councillor B Dykes (Chairman)