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This report was prepared in response to concerns about the protection given to trees and the lack of enforcement action following reported breaches of Tree Preservation Orders (TPOs).
Strengthening our roots: an overview report on tree protection in the planning system
Today we've released a new report on the protection of trees in Northern Ireland.
'Strengthening our roots: an overview report on tree protection in the planning system' found that despite 369 tree protection breaches reported between 2019 and 2022, only one resulted in enforcement action being taken, and none led to prosecution.
It also found that despite having significant enforcement powers, less than half of local councils clearly state on their websites that it is a criminal offence to carry out works to protected trees without consent. Others do not make any reference to the consequences of breaches.
It states that a failure to provide clear information to the public has the potential to cause confusion, and risks creating a perception that local councils and the Department for Infrastructure see the protection of trees as a low priority.
Proper care and treatment of patient by Trust 'may have improved her chances of survival'
An investigation has found that the Northern Health and Social Care Trust failed to provide adequate care and treatment to a patient who died of multiple organ failure in the Causeway Hospital, Coleraine on 26 September 2015.
Ian Stevenson
Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council
Code paragraph 4.2
Breach of paragraph 4.2
Ombudsman upholds complaint about Trust's delay in carrying out carer's assessment
The Public Services Ombudsman has upheld a complaint from a woman who waited 20 months to have a carer's assessment carried out by the Western Health and Social Care Trust.
Councillor Colin Kennedy
Ards & North Down Borough Council
Code paragraphs 4.2, 4.13 (a) and (b)
Breach of paragraphs 4.2, 4.13 (a) and (b)
Declan Boyle
Belfast City Council
Code paragraphs 4.2, 4.6, 4.16, 5.2 (a), (f), (i) (ee), 5.3, 6.1, 6.2 and 6.3
Breach of Paragraphs 5.2, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 4.6
Brian Duffin
Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council
Code paragraph 4.2
Breach of paragraph 4.2
Derek Hussey
Derry City & Strabane District Council
Code paragraph 4.2
Breach of paragraph 4.2
Jolene Bunting
Belfast City Council
Code paragraphs 4.1 (b), 4.2, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13 (a), 4.16 (a) and (c), 4.18 (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e)