Planning Application Details

I. A sketch plan is attached, numbering trees 5 to 7 shown with green circles. WP3 and WP4 are indicated on the northern boundary. None of these trees is subject to a TPO. II. The sketch plan has been added to a copy the Land Registry plan, which shows the cottage and Ickford House as a single unit bordered in red. These have recently been split awaiting formal registration application submitted in April 2022. This application relates to the cottage only which includes the allotment on the northern side of Bulls Lane III. The sketch plan adds the boundary of the Little Ickford conservation area IV. Tree No. 5 a. Lime tree b. To be felled. This tree has outgrown its plot, and is crowding out the apple tree adjacent to it. It has a very dense canopy, which prevents growth underneath. Permission was granted to fell in 2018 your ref: 18/02945/ATC, but I was unable to do this at the time. I had the canopy raised, but this has made only a marginal difference to the health of the existing apple tree. V. Trees no. 6 & 7 and W3 and W4 a. Willows b. Pollarding. We are seeking recurrent permission to pollard these four trees on a regular basis now and in the future. I will schedule this work for AW 2022 and at the same time will replant the allotment with x4 new apple trees, a quince and a damson. The plot will be managed for wildlife, with access to the village pond reopened and the western end returned to short grass to encourage ducks to return, with long grass at the eastern end. The hedge to the south will be laid and maintained at half its current height, and the ditches to the north and south of the plot dug and kept clear. There are grass snakes and newts, and I am keen to encourage as much biodiversity in this plot as possible, whilst returning it to low maintenance productivity complementing the existing x1 apple and x1 mulberry.