Reference: 162W Tree Number: T36 Species: Chilean Pine The Monkey Puzzle (Chilean Pine) is serious hazard. Firstly, the tree roots have already caused significant damage to the drive and are encroaching closer to the house so, left unresolved, I am worried they will have irreparable damage to the house foundations. I also do not know where the drains are positioned but if they can push up the brick driveway then I assume they could, and may already be causing damage to the drains. Secondly, and more importantly, the tree canopy is positioned right where we park our car. Big, dense branches are constantly falling down so they are a serious danger to our health and safety, particularly our young children. The branches are long and very heavy as they full of sharp, spikey leaves. The branches also fall onto the roof of the car causing scratches and dents. The plan is to remove the tree completely to solve both these dangerous issues. There is no plan to replace the tree as once there is more than 2 cars on the drive (this is the case when we have guests, carers, visit the house and will be a daily challenge as our children get older and have cars) it is impossible to turn the cars around resulting in us having to dangerously reverse onto a busy road (Bramhall Lane South). A local registered arboricultural specialist has been to the house to view the tree and agrees with the assessment. HAR/CA30 ,TPO#: 162W - T36 ,TPO#: 162W - T37 ,TPO#: 162W - T38 ,TPO#: 162W - T39

The tree is a very tall mature Scots Pine tree. Tree Preservation Order (no.15) 1964. Number A1 on the sketch. Ideally we want the tree to be cut down. Because it's so tall we are very worried that it may fall and damage our house. We have applied for this before and been refused. Our previous application number was DC/069815. If we cannot obtain permission for this, we want permission to cut all of the top branches as we don't want the top canopy. This is because the leaves fall off and go everywhere all over our driveway and on the roof. In addition, there are lots of birds and their droppings go on the roof and also in the driveway. This causes a lot of mess and we have to spend a lot of time cleaning it up. We do not have an expert report as of yet but will obtain one if it is necessary. We are willing to replant trees in our garden. TPO#: 374W.