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Consideration was given to recommendation HP
24/43 of the Housing and Planning Scrutiny Select Committee of 3
December 2024 in respect of options to address the backlog in
dealing with Tree Preservation Order (TPO) requests.
 
Cabinet had due regard to the views of the
Scrutiny Select Committee, the financial and value for money
considerations and the legal implications.  Whilst supportive of the recommendation to engage
an external consultant (as detailed in Option A) Cabinet were
mindful that an estimated one-off cost of £29,000 funding had
yet to be identified. 
 
On the grounds of reducing the backlog and
providing an effective and efficient service, Cllr Boughton
proposed, seconded by Cllr Tanner that the estimated cost of
£29,000 be built into the forward estimates for 2025/26 as a
one-off cost.
 
RESOLVED: 
That
 

(1)            
a consultant be sought to work on reducing the backlog of Tree
Preservation Order requests (Option A), as detailed in 5.3 –
5.7 of the report; and
 

(2)            
the estimated cost of £29,000 be built into the forward
estimates for 2025/26 as a one-off cost.