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ID sylw: 100716

Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Drayton Manor Farms Ltd

Asiant : Stansgate Planning

No.
This Draft Policy Direction states that development will be expected to increase tree canopy cover,
supported by a tree canopy assessment, with further guidance to be developed. No justification
has been provided for including this within policy, nor has any information been provided regarding
how such a policy would function in practice. There are no other examples of adopted Local Plan
policies requiring an increase in tree canopies, and the matter is not covered by national planning
guidance. This requirement may harm viability, cause longer lead-in times and the uncertainty
could delay the deliverability of sites. Sites with many existing trees (and canopies) will be treated
different to sites with few or no trees. Sites with native trees will be treated differently to sites with
non-native trees. More tree canopy is not necessarily beneficial or necessary. More overshading
could harm residential amenity. This Policy Direction should be deleted from the Plan