Between 01/01/2020-01/01/2023 number of contraventions reported against protected trees and hedges
Case reference EIR2024/00049
Published 15 January 2024
Request
Between the 1st of January 2020 and the 1st of January 2023, please provide the below requested information for contraventions reported against trees and hedges protected through Tree Preservation Orders, Conservation areas, and Hedgerow Regulations.
Please work from the 1st of January 2020 to most recent, should the free FOI time limit be met, please state at what year/month this was met and return.
Please provide numerical data for:
1. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions reported.
2. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions pursued to Magistrates and/or Crown Court.
3. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions closed with no action deemed necessary.
4. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions where a decision to take action or not was reached within 6 months of the case being registered.
5. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions closed through serving of tree replacement notices, or voluntary tree planting.
Response
Between the 1st of January 2020 and the 1st of January 2023, please provide the below requested information for contraventions reported against trees and hedges protected through Tree Preservation Orders, Conservation areas, and Hedgerow Regulations.
Please work from the 1st of January 2020 to most recent, should the free FOI time limit be met, please state at what year/month this was met and return.
Please provide numerical data for:
1. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions reported.
53
2. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions pursued to Magistrates and/or Crown Court.
0
3. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions closed with no action deemed necessary.
37
4. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions where a decision to take action or not was reached within 6 months of the case being registered.
36
5. The number of tree/hedgerow contraventions closed through serving of tree replacement notices, or voluntary tree planting.
14
Documents
This is Herefordshire Council's response to a freedom of information (FOI) or environmental information regulations (EIR) request.
You can browse our other responses or make a new FOI request.