The plan change hearing determined that the Pohutukawa at 8 Eglinton Avenue should be returned to the schedule 10 (Notable Trees) and the period in which the owner had to appeal the decision has passed. This means the tree is now formally protected. Thanks for your donations and support.
Council is currently processing the plan change to put the Eglinton Pohutukawa back onto the schedule of protected trees. This will take approximately 5 months.
Your donations made this possible.
Meanwhile, The Tree Council has engaged a barrister to assess the lawfulness of Auckland Council’s decision not to add 587 trees that have already been nominated to Schedule 10 (Notable Trees).
Put simply, since 2013 Council has not added any significant trees to the list of scheduled or notable trees. We believe Council has a legal responsibility to give effect to the Auckland Regional Plan which obligates them to protect significant trees in our city and from inappropriate subdivision. Council’s own Urban Ngahere (Forest) Strategy outlines a range of measures including protection of mature trees on private properties, but this isn’t being implemented.
We are currently experiencing unabated loss of our large urban trees and Council is doing nothing about this. Please donate to assist us with paying our legal fees in our challenge of the lawfulness of Council’s inaction.
Council is currently processing the plan change to put the Eglinton Pohutukawa back onto the schedule of protected trees. This will take approximately 5 months.
Your donations made this possible.
Meanwhile, The Tree Council has engaged a barrister to assess the lawfulness of Auckland Council’s decision not to add 587 trees that have already been nominated to Schedule 10 (Notable Trees).
Put simply, since 2013 Council has not added any significant trees to the list of scheduled or notable trees. We believe Council has a legal responsibility to give effect to the Auckland Regional Plan which obligates them to protect significant trees in our city and from inappropriate subdivision. Council’s own Urban Ngahere (Forest) Strategy outlines a range of measures including protection of mature trees on private properties, but this isn’t being implemented.
We are currently experiencing unabated loss of our large urban trees and Council is doing nothing about this. Please donate to assist us with paying our legal fees in our challenge of the lawfulness of Council’s inaction.
Good News !
Council will undertake a plan change to correct the omission and add the Pohutukawa back to the Notable Tree Schedule. The plan change will be publicly notified process and we will discuss with the owner how he can develop the site while protecting the tree in perpetuity.
The interim enforcement order will remain in place until the plan change process has been completed in about 5 months.
Thank you for all your support.
Thanks you for all the donations received over the last few weeks. We are getting closer to our target and I will update you on proceedings.
Council are now supporting the application to correct the error and return the tree to the schedule. They will be presenting evidence.
