Freedom of information response
Climate policies
1. Do you have a full-time officer solely dedicated to managing your declared climate and/or nature emergency? Yes/No
2. Does your policy/strategy specify that some or all planning applications that could affect trees must include a tree canopy cover assessment as supporting information? Yes/No
3. Do you have a professional tree officer dedicated to advise on planning applications that could affect existing trees? Yes/No
4. Do you have standard planning conditions that specifically require that the supply, planting, and maintenance of new trees must be complaint with BS 8545 (2014) Trees: from nursery to independence in the landscape – Recommendations? Yes/No
1. Do you have a full-time officer solely dedicated to managing your declared climate and/or nature emergency? Yes/No
Thurrock Council does not have a full time officer dedicated to managing declared climate and/or nature emergencies
2. Does your policy/strategy specify that some or all planning applications that could affect trees must include a tree canopy cover assessment as supporting information? Yes/No
No. (The Council’s Core Strategy was adopted in 2011 and an amended version adopted in January 2015.)
3. Do you have a professional tree officer dedicated to advise on planning applications that could affect existing trees? Yes/No
The Planning Service employs an Ecological consultant to advise on arboricultural matters affecting trees.
4. Do you have standard planning conditions that specifically require that the supply, planting, and maintenance of new trees must be complaint with BS 8545 (2014) Trees: from nursery to independence in the landscape – Recommendations? Yes/No
The Development Management team has 2 standard planning conditions which refer to BS 8545 (2014)