Hedgerow Removal Notice
Please note that the application form cannot be completed
on-screen and must be printed before completion.
Help Completing the Form
1. Applicant Name and Address
Please enter the Applicant Details, including full name and
title. Please also enter the house/flat number and/or name (if
applicable) and street name in the Street address field. The town,
county, country and full postcode should also be entered.
If the application is being submitted by an agent (i.e. someone
who is acting on the applicant's behalf) all correspondence,
including the decision letter, will be sent to him/her.
2. Agent Name and Address
Please enter the Agent Details, including full name and title.
Please also enter the house/flat number and/or name (if applicable)
and street name in the Street address field. The town, county,
country and full postcode should also be entered.
If the application is being submitted by an agent (i.e. someone
who is acting on the applicant's behalf) all correspondence,
including the decision letter, will be sent to him/her.
3. Site Address Details
Please enter the full postal address of the site. Enter the
house/flat number and / or name (if appropriate) and street name in
the Street address field. The town, county, country and full
postcode should also be entered. If the application relates to open
ground describe its location as clearly as possible (e.g. ‘Land to
rear of 12 to 18 High Street’ or provide a grid reference).
When you submit a location plan, it is recommended that this is
at a scale of 1:1250 or 1:2500, showing at least two named roads
and surrounding buildings. The properties shown should be numbered
or named to ensure that the exact location of the application site
is clear.
The application site must be edged clearly with a red line on
the location plan. It should include all land necessary to carry
out the proposed development (e.g. land required for access to the
site from a public highway, visibility splays (access around a road
junction or access, which should be free from obstruction),
landscaping, car parking and open areas around buildings).
A blue line must be drawn on the plan around any other land
owned by the applicant, close to or adjoining the application
site.
All plans must be to a metric scale and any figured dimensions
given in metres and a scale bar should be included. Each plan
should show the direction of North.
4. Pre-application Advice
The local authority may be able to offer (possibly for a fee)
pre-application discussions before a formal application is
submitted in order to guide applicants through the process. This
can minimise delays later in processing the application.
Pre-application discussions can also help you and the planning
authority identify areas of concern about your proposed development
so that you can give consideration to amending your proposal before
the application is submitted. The advice and guidance given to you
at the pre-application stage is given in good faith. However, it
does not guarantee or supply a definitive undertaking as to whether
your proposal is likely to be acceptable.
If you have received pre-application advice from the planning
service please indicate the reference/date of any correspondence or
discussion and the name of the officer. If you do not know these
details then please state ‘Unknown’.
This will assist the Council in dealing with your application as
quickly as possible.
5. Hedgerow Removal Notice
The Hedgerow Regulations 1997 are designed to give protection to
important hedgerows in England and Wales. Anyone proposing to
remove a hedgerow, or part of a hedgerow, which is covered by the
regulations, must first notify the Local Planning Authority by
submitting a Hedgerow Removal Notice.
For the purposes of the regulations, remove is defined as
uprooting or otherwise destroying a hedgerow.
The Regulations apply to any hedgerow which:
- grows in, or adjacent to any common land, Local Nature Reserve,
Site of Special Scientific Interest, or land used for agriculture,
forestry of the breeding or keeping of horses, ponies of donkeys
and
- has a continuous length of at least 20 metres, or if less than
20 metres, meets another hedgerow at each end
In calculating the total length of a hedgerow, any gap resulting
from a contravention of these regulations and any gap not exceeding
20 metres should be treated as part of the hedgerow. A hedgerow,
which meets another hedgerow, is to be treated as ending at the
point of intersection or junction.
The regulations do not apply to any hedgerow within the
curtilage of, or marking a boundary of the curtilage of a dwelling
house.
6. Planning Application Requirements & Local Level
Requirements
There are two levels of requirements, national and local:
- National - Use the checklist to ensure that
the forms have been correctly completed and that all relevant
information is submitted.
- Local - The local planning authority will have
produced a document (usually available from their website) which
details any specific information that is required to accompany the
application in addition to the national requirements.
Failure to complete the form correctly or to supply sufficiently
detailed drawings or other relevant supporting information may
result in your application being returned as invalid.
7. Declaration
Please sign and date your application.
8. Applicant Contact Details
Please provide contact information for the applicant.
9. Agent Contact Details
Please provide contact information for the agent.
10. Site Visit
Access to the site (i.e. where the works are proposed to take
place) may be required by the case officer. Please provide contact
details in the event that an appointment needs to be made. This
will assist the Council in dealing with your application as quickly
as possible.
If you need any further help or guidance
please email the Planning
Enquires team or telephone 01233 330264.
This webpage was updated on
7/19/2011