Part IIE+W+S F1... Power to Control Felling of Trees

Textual Amendments

F1Word in Pt. II cross-heading omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Natural Resources Body for Wales (Functions) Order 2013 (No. 755), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 52 (with Sch. 7)

Restriction of fellingE+W+S

16 Review of refusal or conditions of licence.E+W+S

(1)The following provisions shall have effect for enabling the decision of the [F2appropriate forestry authority] on an application for a felling licence to be reviewed where they refuse to grant a felling licence or grant it subject to conditions.

(2)A person aggrieved by the refusal or conditions may by a notice served within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner request the Minister [F3where the application was to fell trees in [F4England or Wales], and the Scottish Ministers where the application was to fell trees in Scotland] to refer the matter to a committee appointed in accordance with section 27 below and—

(a)the Minister [F5or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers] shall, unless he is [F6or they are] of opinion that the grounds for the request are frivolous, refer the matter accordingly;

(b)the committee, after compliance with section 27(3), shall thereupon make a report on the reference to the Minister [F5or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers].

(3)The Minister [F5or, as the case may be, the Scottish Ministers] shall, after considering the committee’s report, confirm the decision of the[F2appropriate forestry authority] on the application, or reverse or modify that decision and direct the[F2appropriate forestry authority] to give effect to the reversal or modification.

(4)No request may be made under this section in respect of a refusal to grant a felling licence unless a previous application for a licence in respect of the trees has been refused and the application to which the request relates is made after the following date, that is to say—

(a)where a reference under this section has been made in respect of a previous application, the third anniversary of the last such application in respect of which such a reference has been made; and

(b)in any other case, the third anniversary of the first previous application.

Textual Amendments

F3Words in s. 16(2) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1747, art. 3, Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 4(12)(a)

F5Words in s. 2(2)(a)(b)(3) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1747, art. 3, Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 4(12)(b)

F6Words in s. 2(2)(a) inserted (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1747, art. 3, Sch. 12 Pt. II para. 4(12)(c)