T1 - Willow, reduce height and crown to top of trunk removing all branches and leaving approximate tree height of 18ft. Reasons- to reduce sway of trunk and improve health of tree. Tree is oversized for location close to domestic dwellings and overhanging telecommunications line. Tree located to rear side boundary.

Non-Material Minor Amendment (S96a) application pursuant to 16/02673/FUL to amend the trigger point of Condition 3 (Materials), Condition 4 (Levels), Condition 5 (Enclosure), Condition 6 (Parking and Turning Facilities), Condition 7 (Loading/Unloading), Condition 8 (Construction Access Roads), Condition 10 (Refuse Storage Facilities), Condition 17 (External Lighting), Condition 19 (Recycling Infrastructure), Condition 20 (Covered Cycle Parking), Condition 21 (Details of Balconies), Condition 23 (Delivery and Servicing), Condition 24 (Electric Vehicle Charging), Condition 25 (Accessible Parking), Condition 28 (Homezones), Condition 29 (Temporary Vehicular Access), Condition 30 (Communal Telecommunications Equipment), Condition 31 (CCTV Network), Condition 33 (Means to ensure Inclusive Access), Condition 34 (Site Wide Landscaping Strategy), Condition 44 (Tree Protection), Condition 46 (Rainwater Recycling System), Condition 47 (Surface Water Drainage Strategy), Condition 48 (Bat/Bird Nesting Boxes/Bricks), Condition 49 (Green/Brown Roofs), Condition 51 (Renewable Energy), Condition 53 (Combined Heat and Power Facility), Condition 54 (CHSH), Condition 55 (BREEAM), Condition 56 (Green Procurement Plan), and Condition 60 (Contamination Remediation Strategy), to enable site preparation works and demolition works to take place prior to discharge.

The tree is an Acer Negundo situated in the front garden of 16, Clermont Road, Brighton. The tree has grown very large and needs to be reduced in size by about one third. It is also beginning to foul BT overhead telephone cables. The current dimensions of the Acer Negundo (Box Elder) tree at 16, Clermont Road are a height of 7 metres and a spread of 7 metres. At those dimensions, the height of the tree is causing it to start fouling overhead BT telecoms cables, and the spread is causing a sizeable overhang into the garden of number 17. I would like to reduce both the height and spread of the tree to 5 metres. The Acer Negundo is a fast-growing species, and this example was last reduced in size in March 2017 by this amount, and previously in 2012.

Full description, and drawing and key to identify and locate trees, included in the attached document - "Proposed Tree Works - Old Quarry House - October 2022". Removal of Dead Trees: - Fell and remove dead Spruce - referred to in the attached drawing as T8 This tree has died, we believe as a result of Honey Fungus, which has previously impacted a number of other trees at the property. The proximal spruce trees in the neighbour's property, referenced N1 & N2, are showing signs of stress as well. - Fell and remove dead Maple - referred to in the attached drawing as T14 This tree is fragmented and intermingled with the Holly, denoted as T13. The Holly is okay, but the Maple has died. Again, this is probably due to succumbing to Honey Fungus. - Fell and remove dead tree ??? referred to in the attached drawing as T19 This tree has succumbed over the past few years, assumedly again, to Honey Fungus. Prune overgrown trees to avoid future interference with Power and Telecommunications wires, and to mitigate against clay shrinkage impact on neighbour's property: - Prune the Sorbus back to previous pruned size at previous tree works planning application - referred to in the attached drawing as T12 This is a very large, mature tree, and it was previously advised to crown reduce by the neighbour's insurers at the time that the insurers demanded numerous trees were felled to mitigate clay shrinkage, causing subsidence to the neighbour's property. The tree has regrown significantly in the intervening period, and it is proposed to prune back to that original size. - Prune the Maple tree - referred to in the attached drawing as T11 This tree has grown to the point that it is now very close to power and telecommunication wires. It is proposed to prune this tree to restore a reasonable distance from electrical and telecommunications cabling, enabling future growth without damaging this infrastructure.

1No 54mm PVC telecommunications duct to be installed approximately 350mm top cover depth from public highway down the centre of the north-west driveway leading to Girton Gate. All trenching works will follow the NJUG Guidelines for the Planning, Installation and Maintenance of Utility Apparatus in Proximity to Trees. The TPO covers various species of trees in the area to the frontage of Girton Gate, Huntingdon Road, and it is the mature trees northwest of the driveway to the property which the trench through the centre of the driveway will be excavated to lay the telecommunications duct.

Eucalyptus tree located against boundary wall on West Hill Lane - fell tree removing it from site. Replace with two Native trees (Oak and Linen tree) in locations to be confirmed within the Boundary of the Property. Reason - protection of historic Cob wall and to save adjacent native trees currently being killed by the Eucalyptus and the canopy of the tree has put telecoms lines under threat

TH/TPO/11(1977) - 1No Lime (T1) - Crown raise by 4 metres, 1No Oak (T4) - Crown Raise 20%, remove Deadwood and Crossing Branches, 7No Elm (T5, T6, T7, T11, T12, T13, T14) - Fell, 1No Elm (T8) - Sympathetic pruning around the telecommunications cable, 1No Lime (T9)- Crown raise by 2m, 1No Sycamore (T10) - Fell.

DETERMINATION OF PRIOR APPROVAL: Proposed 25m high replica cypress tree telecoms installation and associated works (amended plan 01.09.2021; amended plan and description 28.09.2021 and 26.10.2021)

Oak crown lift and draw back from telecoms to east tree identified on plan

Tree area (3x sycamore) to be reduced in height to reinstate telecoms signal for the emergency services network (see arborist report).