Andy Hall ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were
saying :

This is simply untrue. What it means is that if you wish to prune or
fell the tree then you have to get permission and this is subject to
appropriate consideration rather than your whim! The application has to
be published and considered by the council and their officers. That
decision has the right of appeal just like a planning application does.

Good grief. What a lot of crap to deal with.

In practical terms, Tony's idea is the right one, so as not to have to
deal with a bunch of petty bureaucrats.

You don't *have* to. That's the wonderfully simple thing about it.

If you don't *want* to deal with Conservation Area restrictions, it's very
simple to not have to. Don't live in one. See, that easy?

If you're living in a house, and that house becomes part of a CA, then -
again, it's simple. Sell it. After all, the conservation area status will
have increased it's value! Winners all round!

Why in your wildest dreams would you imagine that anyone would want to
have to deal with that nonsense?

So let's just tarmac over the entire country with complete impunity.
Anything goes! MegaTesco on the top of Snowdon or in the middle of a SSSI?
Feel free, if you think you can make it turn a profit! After all, you can
build it as shoddily and cheaply as you like...

Anybody else remember Peter UnSavory and the complete dog's breakfast that
is now Land's End?