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Grimsby Rugby Union Football Club Springfield Road Grimsby North East Lincolnshire DN33 3JF

Granted North East Lincolnshire DM/1246/23/TPO Works to a tree with a TPO

Works: Trees

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Ash tree on Grimsby RFUC ground to rear of 129 Pelham Avenue: Fell or Pollard. Reason: poor condition of tree due to extensive basal cavities, branches falling off. Encroachment over garden.

As published by the council, reference DM/1246/23/TPO

Application record

Reference
DM/1246/23/TPO
Type
Works to a tree with a TPO
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Approved with Conditions
Received
28 Dec 2023
Validated
28 Dec 2023
Decided
25 Jan 2024
Ward
Scartho
Decision by
Delegated Decision
Postcode
DN33 3JF

Site history

Applications at this address on the North East Lincolnshire register

This site has had 3 applications since 2014: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • DM/1217/23/TPO Granted

    Grimsby Rugby Union Football Club Springfield Road Grimsby North East Lincolnshire DN33 3JF

    Request to remove Ash (T2 of North East Lincolnshire Borough Council No.7 (R.U.F.C. Springfield Road, Scartho) Tree Preservation Order 1997) The client requests to remove the Ash due to the placement of a new Rugby Pitch. An Oak is proposed as a replacement tree. The tree has significant heartwood decay and has a predominantly hollow main stem. The stem diameter was measured to be approximately 1.2m at 1.5m above ground level. A cavity 0.2m below this was measured to be approximately 0.9m in depth indicating a residual total wall thickness of only 30cm. Additionally a 0.5m wide cavity was probed and measured to be 1.5m deep at the base indicating minimal support to the above structure. The cavity at the base is also failing to produce any reaction wood in an attempt to compartmentalise (left hand side of base photo) suggesting decay will continue laterally. There are also large cavities on the North, East and West sides in the upper part of the stem compromising structural integrity of the crown. With the tree existing as a lapsed pollard and with a sizable crown exposed to sail effect, it would be reasonable to presume that there is a significant loading on the compromised structure. A significant failure is highly probable at some point. Although the centre of gravity is biased towards the South it is worthy of note that there is a residential property located within 1x tree height to the North. With numerous cavities failure could be unpredictable. Whilst re-establishment of the lapsed pollard to reduce loading and preserve the tree could be a consideration, Tree Work Recommendations (BS 3998) part C.2 recommends re-retrenchment pruning when the pollard has lapsed. If this is carried out over a number of years to establish a pollard it may well be likely that the tree would fail at the basal cavity prior to completion.

    Decided 15 Jan 2024 Trees
  • DM/0508/14/PNT Decided

    Grimsby Rugby Union Football Club Springfield Road Grimsby North East Lincolnshire DN33 3JF

    Prior notification for the installation of electronic communications apparatus

    Decided 14 May 2014 Telecoms

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 28 Dec 2023

    Received by North East Lincolnshire

  2. 25 Jan 2024

    Decision issued: Approved with Conditions

  3. 6 Sep 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

3 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

North East Lincolnshire granted permission on 25 January 2024, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About tree works applications

Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

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  • Grimsby Rugby Union Football Club Springfield Road Grimsby North East Lincolnshire DN33 3JF

    DM/1217/23/TPO Submitted 12 Dec 2023 50 yards away

    Request to remove Ash (T2 of North East Lincolnshire Borough Council No.7 (R.U.F.C. Springfield Road, Scartho) Tree Preservation Order 1997) The client requests to remove the Ash due to the placement of a new Rugby Pitch. An Oak is proposed as a replacement tree. The tree has significant heartwood decay and has a predominantly hollow main stem. The stem diameter was measured to be approximately 1.2m at 1.5m above ground level. A cavity 0.2m below this was measured to be approximately 0.9m in depth indicating a residual total wall thickness of only 30cm. Additionally a 0.5m wide cavity was probed and measured to be 1.5m deep at the base indicating minimal support to the above structure. The cavity at the base is also failing to produce any reaction wood in an attempt to compartmentalise (left hand side of base photo) suggesting decay will continue laterally. There are also large cavities on the North, East and West sides in the upper part of the stem compromising structural integrity of the crown. With the tree existing as a lapsed pollard and with a sizable crown exposed to sail effect, it would be reasonable to presume that there is a significant loading on the compromised structure. A significant failure is highly probable at some point. Although the centre of gravity is biased towards the South it is worthy of note that there is a residential property located within 1x tree height to the North. With numerous cavities failure could be unpredictable. Whilst re-establishment of the lapsed pollard to reduce loading and preserve the tree could be a consideration, Tree Work Recommendations (BS 3998) part C.2 recommends re-retrenchment pruning when the pollard has lapsed. If this is carried out over a number of years to establish a pollard it may well be likely that the tree would fail at the basal cavity prior to completion.

    Granted Trees 10 docs
  • Springfield Road (Grimsby Rugby Union Football Club) Scartho Grimsby North East Lincolnshire DN33 3JF

    DC/26/12/SCA Submitted 17 Jan 2012 50 yards away

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    Granted Trees 3 docs
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