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IHBCs\u2019 local government officer and custodian on the IHBC\u2019s \u2018Prosecution Database\u2019 resource, Bob Kindred, highlights a recent case of interest, while also calling on our networks to let him know of any more cases.<\/h3>\nIHBCs\u2019 local government officer and custodian on the IHBC\u2019s \u2018Prosecution Database\u2019 resource, Bob Kindred, highlights a recent case of interest, while also calling on our networks to let him know of any more cases.<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n
USE THE TABS TO EXPLORE THE IHBC PROSECUTIONS DATABASE<\/a><\/p>\n Visit the IHBC Listed Buildings Database Commentary<\/a><\/p>\n Bob Kindred writes:<\/p>\n \u2018I think this case may well be worth publicising on the IHBC news blog for two reasons.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Firstly, the works were done within the curtilage of a locally listed building i.e., a non-designated heritage asset; and secondly the size of the fines imposed relative to the levels of fine being levied on unauthorised works to listed buildings.\u2019<\/p>\n \u2018Personally too, it does seem to me that Magistrates Courts appear to consider the preservation of trees to be rather more important than preservation of historic buildings.\u2019<\/p>\n Local Government Lawyer<\/em> writes:<\/p>\n A property firm has been hit with a \u00a324,000 fine, and its director has received a \u00a39,600 fine after the removal of trees that were protected by a Tree Preservation Order.<\/p>\n Telford & Wrekin Council launched a prosecution after the local authority’s planning enforcement team found the property firm, Purity Properties Limited, had felled three trees at a nursing home in Wellington. As well as the fines, the firm and its director, Steven Jagdeep Singh, were ordered to pay full prosecution costs of \u00a311,921.50…<\/p>\n \u2026 the court heard that Mr Singh had ignored an order from the council not to start any work on the trees until a decision had been made. When a council planning enforcement officer visited the site, they found two yew trees had been felled. They returned a week later to see further tree works taking place, which they said showed a clear, deliberate breach. Mr Singh himself was observed to be in the cherry picker, removing the remaining limbs…<\/p>\n On sentencing, Judge Grego said: \u2018The home is on a list of buildings of local interest and the row of established and mature trees are part of that character \u2026.<\/p>\n .. A valuation report\u2026 established that the increased value in terms of further development\u2026 was in the region of \u00a322,500..\u2019<\/p>\n Read more….<\/a><\/p>\n For more background see the IHBC NewsBlog<\/a><\/p>\n
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