ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTORATE Mr Carl Salisbury Mulberry The Business Centre, Futures Park, 61 Bolton Street Newchurch Road, Bacup, OL13 0BB Ramsbottom Tel: 01706 217 777 Lancs Minicom: 01706 252 277 BL0 9HY [email protected] This matter is being dealt with by: Name: Mr Michael Atherton Telephone: 01706 252420 Email: [email protected] Our reference: TPO 2021/022 Date: 28/05/2021 Dear Sir Borough of Rossendale – Tree Preservation Order at Stubbins Cemetery Proposal: Fell Proposal: Fell eight Ash trees suffering from Chalara dieback. Location:,Stubbins Cemetery. Assessment: A full arboricultural survey report has been submitted with the application. The eight trees in question are in different stages of infection by Chalara and some are in worse health then others. All of them, however, are visibly dying back, dropping branches and only likely to deteriorate further. Given their locations in a public space and with some close to adjacent property, it is reasonable to allow their felling on safety grounds. Replacement planting will mitigate. Decision: Consent: Eight Ash – Fell. Conditions: 1. All work in accordance with BS 3998 (2010) Tree work recommendations in the interests of health and amenity of adjacent trees and of safety. 2. That within the first available planting season after the trees hereby approved have been felled, eight replacement 10 – 12 cms standard Tilia cordata (Lime) shall be planted in or as close as reasonably possible to the location of the original trees. If within a period of five years from the date of planting, these trees (or any other tree planted in replacement for them) is removed, uprooted or destroyed or dies, another tree(s) of the same size and species shall be planted at the same place, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Local Planning Authority. In the interests of public amenity to maintain diverse tree cover. There is a right of appeal against refusal or conditions attached to a consent. Yours faithfully, Mike Atherton Mike Atherton .