5A Corbar Road Great Moor Stockport SK2 6EP
Horse Chestnut (G1); Proposed work: partial crown reduction. The overall height of the crown is not planned to be reduced. The proposal is for reducing the spread of the crown on our side of the garden by removing some of the thin (not major) branches. Such branches (to be removed) are not expected to exceed 2 - 3 metres in length, with many of the branches proposed to be reduced much shorter than this. Therefore, even at the widest parts of the crown, we estimate a maximum of 2.5 metres of the spread will be reduced. At thinner parts of the crown, we estimate the reduction of the spread to be smaller, at 1 - 1.5 metres or below. Reasons for the work: the tree's crown is extending very far into our garden, getting very close to touching our roof/ guttering and is indeed even taller than our house. During high wind and storms, branches very often break and beat onto our roof and outer walls, and may therefore damage our property in the long term. HAR/CA9