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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-northamptonshire-resource-management-facility-order-2023/article-13",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/110",
  "legislation_title": "The East Northamptonshire Resource Management Facility Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/east-northamptonshire-resource-management-facility-order-2023",
  "path": "article/13",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Felling or lopping of trees and removal of hedgerows",
  "text": "(1) The undertaker may fell or lop or cut back any roots of any tree or shrub near any part of the authorised development, if it reasonably believes it to be necessary to do so to prevent the tree or shrub from obstructing or interfering with the construction, maintenance or operation of the authorised development or any apparatus used in connection with the authorised development.\n(2) In carrying out any activity authorised by paragraph (1), the undertaker must do no unnecessary damage to any tree or shrub and must pay compensation to any person for any loss or damage arising from such activity.\n(3) Any dispute as to a person’s entitlement to compensation under paragraph (2), or as to the amount of compensation, must be determined under Part 1 (determination of questions of disputed compensation) of the 1961 Act.\n(4) The undertaker may, for the purposes of carrying out the authorised development —\n(a) remove the important hedgerows as are within the Order limits and specified in Schedule 5 (removal of important hedgerows); and\n(b) without limitation on the scope of sub-paragraph (a), and with the consent of the local authority in whose area the hedgerow is located, remove or translocate any hedgerow within the Order limits.\n(5) The grant of consent of a local authority in terms of paragraph (4)(b) must not be unreasonably withheld.\n(6) If a local authority fails to notify the undertaker of its decision within 28 days of receiving an application for consent under paragraph (4)(b) the local authority is deemed to have granted consent.\n(7) In this article “hedgerow” and “important hedgerow” have the same meaning as in the Hedgerow Regulations 1997.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1997/1160, as amended by S.I. 2003/2155, S.I. 2015/1997, S.I. 2015/377, S.I. 2009/1307 and S.I. 2013/755."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/110/article/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:50:05.475613+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}