Planning condition

Trees in Highway

Field	Value
Reference	U0120416	Facts
Prefix	planning-condition	Facts
Name	Trees in Highway	Facts
Dataset	Planning condition
Organisation	Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council
Start date
End date
Entry date	2025-06-21	Facts
Typology	policy
Notes	Unique Condition	Facts
Reason	To ensure appropriate design of tree's within the adoptable public highway and avoid any potential design conflicts with utilities to meet Local Plan Policy 48.	Facts
Description	Prior to the commencement of development and the signing of any S38 agreement, details of the proposed tree pits and utilities siting and alignments within the adoptable highway shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This shall include a detailed specification for tree pit construction that utilises either grass verges or a professionally recognised crate system construction to provide the minimum rooting volume set out in the Council's Transitional Developer Guidance and a load-bearing capacity equivalent to BS EN 124 2015 Class C250 for any paved surface above; a specification for planting including details of tree support, tree pit surfacing, aeration and irrigation; a timescale of implementation, and where required a maintenance specification until trees are adopted by the Council. To minimise future conflict with utilities in new developments, where trees are proposed within the footway or highway build outs, the creation of a common utility enclosure with the necessary provisions for safely including both mains services and ducting should be considered in the utility design. This is preferably located adjacent to the property front boundary, under the footway, to facilitate service connections. The developer is to consider the requirements of National Joint Utilities Group guidance volume 4 with regard to the installation of trees and the required installation and maintenance of statutory undertakers apparatus. http://streetworks.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/V4-Trees-Issue-2-16-11-2007.pdf Thereafter, the landscape scheme and utility design shall be implemented in full accordance with the approved details, with the crating system laid prior to any utilities. The Local Planning Authority shall be notified prior to the backfilling of any engineered tree pits to inspect and confirm compliance and within seven days of the completion of landscape works to inspect and approve practical completion in writing.	Facts

Contents

{
    "reference": "U0120416",
    "prefix": "planning-condition",
    "name": "Trees in Highway",
    "dataset": "planning-condition",
    "organisation-entity": "109",
    "start-date": "",
    "end-date": "",
    "entry-date": "2025-06-21",
    "typology": "policy",
    "geometry": "",
    "point": "",
    "entity": 73002614,
    "notes": "Unique Condition",
    "reason": "To ensure appropriate design of tree's within the adoptable public highway and avoid any potential design conflicts with utilities to meet Local Plan Policy 48.",
    "description": "Prior to the commencement of development and the signing of any S38 agreement, details of the proposed tree pits and utilities siting and alignments within the adoptable highway shall be submitted to and agreed in writing by the Local Planning Authority. This shall include a detailed specification for tree pit construction that utilises either grass verges or a professionally recognised crate system construction to provide the minimum rooting volume set out in the Council's Transitional Developer Guidance and a load-bearing capacity equivalent to BS EN 124 2015 Class C250 for any paved surface above; a specification for planting including details of tree support, tree pit surfacing, aeration and irrigation; a timescale of implementation, and where required a maintenance specification until trees are adopted by the Council. To minimise future conflict with utilities in new developments, where trees are proposed within the footway or highway build outs, the creation of a common utility enclosure with the necessary provisions for safely including both mains services and ducting should be considered in the utility design. This is preferably located adjacent to the property front boundary, under the footway, to facilitate service connections. The developer is to consider the requirements of National Joint Utilities Group guidance volume 4 with regard to the installation of trees and the required installation and maintenance of statutory undertakers apparatus. http://streetworks.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/V4-Trees-Issue-2-16-11-2007.pdf Thereafter, the landscape scheme and utility design shall be implemented in full accordance with the approved details, with the crating system laid prior to any utilities. The Local Planning Authority shall be notified prior to the backfilling of any engineered tree pits to inspect and confirm compliance and within seven days of the completion of landscape works to inspect and approve practical completion in writing."
}

© Crown copyright and database right 2025

Licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0.

---

Help improve this data

Give feedback on this dataset, or email your questions and corrections to digitalland@communities.gov.uk.