Householders in east Suffolk are being reminded of their legal responsibilities to ensure their waste does not become fly-tipped, following the successful prosecution of a Suffolk resident.
Read more about "Residents reminded that rubbish is their responsibility"...Suffolk Coastal has pegged its increase in Council Tax to less than a fiver for the second year running.
Read more about "Protecting the tax payer"...The Hedgerows Regulations 1997 give protection to hedgerows that grow on agricultural, common and forestry land, horse and donkey paddocks, nature reserves and Sites of Special Scientific Interest.
Read more about "Hedgerows Regulations"...The term 'high hedge' means a barrier to light and access, which is formed wholly or predominately by a line of two or more evergreens or semi-evergreens, and rises to a height of more than two meters above ground level.
Read more about "High hedges"...Suffolk Coastal District Council held the first youth conference in 2018 to explore the idea of a district wide youth council. Waveney District Council already had a very successful youth council, but the barrier of replicating this in Suffolk Coastal was the distance between schools, so we created ‘Youth Voice’. To bring the issues and concerns of young people to a council level, we supplied schools and youth settings with a suggestion box to submit their topics and concerns.
Read more about "East Suffolk Youth Voice"...A Tree Preservation Order (TPO) is an order made by the local planning authority which makes it an offence to cut down, top, lop, uproot, wilfully damage or wilfully destroy a tree without the planning authority’s permission.
Read more about "Tree Preservation Orders (TPO)s"...Trees in conservation areas which are already protected by a Tree Preservation Order are subject to the normal TPO controls.
Read more about "Trees in conservation areas"...On sites where there are trees subject to preservation orders, within conservation areas or where there are important amenity, landscape, landmark or heritage trees, a tree survey (location, species, dimensions) and tree condition report incorporating BS5837:2012 Trees in relation to construction will be required when an application for planning permission is made.
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