Tree Officer

Tree Officer needed in Yeovil Paying £30.34 per hr Ref 1461702

Responsibilities:

• Prepare new tree preservation orders and update old ones as necessary, including conducting surveys, preparing reports, handling objections, and maintaining records efficiently.
• Consider and process notifications for the removal of hedgerows in the open countryside, preparing technical reports as needed.
• Support Planning Enforcement in investigating unauthorised tree works or hedgerow removals.
• Advise on responses to unauthorised works to trees under TPO or within a Conservation Area, and appear as a technical expert at inquiries, hearings, or court cases.
• Provide advice on planning applications and discharge of conditions, including complex and contentious applications and projects.
• Prepare reports and present evidence as a technical expert through written representation, at hearings, and at planning inquiries.
• Present reports to committee meetings, officers, and public groups as necessary.
• Provide arboricultural advice and expert services independently or as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Advise other departments on the employment of arboricultural consultants and contractors.
• Provide specialist arboricultural advice as part of the preparation of planning policies and development briefs to ensure trees are considered and a high-quality environment is achieved.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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