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Trees in Relation to Construction
The British Standard "Trees in Relation to Design, Demolition and Construction to Construction - Recommendations" (BS 5837) (2012), Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) identifies specific methods to best protect the retained trees on and adjacent to a construction site, throughout the build phase, and covers the ongoing use of the site afterwards.
Our concise, easy-to-understand reports will give you all the information you need to keep your project running smoothly.
It details the steps that should be taken to ensure that trees are appropriately and successfully retained when a development takes place.
Whatever size project you have, from a small extension to a large housing scheme, you need a BS 5837 report and Dartforest are here to help. Our consultancy service delivers full surveys to assist with the design phase of proposals, to accompany planning applications and to discharge planning conditions on approved schemes if required.
TREE SURVEYS FOR PLANNING (BS5837)
Trees in Relation to Design, Demolition and Construction
If trees are growing within 15 metres of your proposals, then the local authority will usually require a tree report to accompany a planning application. This allows them to assess the quality of the tree stock and aid any decision regarding the retention or removal of trees.
We’ll perform a pre-development site appraisal, giving you a detailed survey of the trees on or adjoining the site, and provide you with an initial assessment of any tree-related constraints which could influence the design and development proposals. This is delivered as a Tree Constraints Plan (TCP) with accompanying advice.
The TCP is an accurate plan positioning the surveyed trees on the site. The trees’ height, spread, BS5837 quality categorisation and the root protection areas of all the recorded trees are detailed on the plan. Next you will need an Arboricultural Impact Assessments (AIA) and a Tree Protection Plan (TPP) to evaluate the trees on-site and detail how they will grow and co-exist with the proposed development in the short and long-term.
The AIA will also give the effects of any tree loss required to facilitate the development and how to mitigate such losses. Such reports are usually delivered to a local authority with a planning application. The TPP will provide essential details to ensure the trees are protected during the development process, The TPP is a scale drawing ideally based on a full topographical survey that shows trees to be retained and trees to be removed, any Construction Exclusion Zones,
location of ground protection or protective fencing and other factors such as specialist construction or demolition techniques which could affect the retained trees on-site.
Your Arboricultural Method Statements (AMS) is a document setting out the methodology of any aspects of development that are within the root protection area of retained trees as well as the potential of any damage or detrimental effects the development might have to the retained trees.
An AMS can also be delivered with a planning application or to discharge tree related planning conditions on an approved development. We can attend your site and support you with advice and formal documents where necessary.
Whatever your requirements, you can be certain of a friendly, professional service from start to finish. Call us on 01364 72804 or 07594 680 168.
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