Improvements to rear car park to provide additional car parking spaces and electric vehicle charging points, provision of bin and bicycle store, a replacement sliding gate, low level bollard lighting and new/replacement tree planting

Applicants tree references; Hornbeam T1 in garden of 7 Walsham Road, reduce lower limbs overhanging garden of no9. Selective thin to extended limbs on one side to allow passage of light, limbs reducing to growth points, current length approximately 6m reducing to 4m (this will not be a cut back to boundary, selective thin and reduce to limbs facing property rear only). T1 Hornbeam requires a small amount of reduction to one side to allow passage of light for house no 9, this work will not unbalance the tree, nor will it alter the current crown shape. Hornbeams T2 and T3 in garden of 11 Walsham Road, cut back to boundary and clear head height to rear garden gate access (T2 and T3 are acting as hedging and will not be unbalanced due to a cut back to boundary). crown shape. T2 and T3 are overgrown into no9 and are acting as hedging, cut back to boundary to allow pedestrian passage via path and to rear gate. T2 and T3 will only be cutting back over hanging branches approximately 300-600mm cut back at a low level, no crown reductions Tree Preservation Order 69/00004/TPO

T1 - T5 Chestnuts - reduce in height by 5m leaving finished height 19m and cut back where hangs over fence line by 3m leaving finished length 3m (trees are located in Woodlands Road ME20 6HA / 6HB - T1 in No. 165, T2 & T3 in No. 163, T4 in No. 159, T5 in No. 157). All standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order

Applicants ref T1 Ash tree (Tag ID 240), overreaching into neighbouring property and is casting shade on the garden. Due to its proximity to the boundary, it is now causing damage to the fence line. Reduce crown by 50% to manage size of the tree and prevent further damage to the fence line. Applicants ref T2 Lime tree (Tag ID 241). Tree has been pollarded in the past. Repollard tree back to previous pollard points to keep tree at a manageable size. Both standing in Area A1 of Tree Preservation Order

T5-T18 Lapsed Beech Hedge - reduce trees back to hedge height at approx 2.5m because of structural flaws which limit their long-term viability. There are numerous structural issues as the trees are a lapsed hedge, heavy decline of one large tree suggesting root disease, various cavities at or around the roots and lower trunks the trees heavily overshadow Oldbury House. Pruning the trees will not address the light issue for the adjacent house as the trees will still be very dominant and regrowth will block even more light- standing in group G1 of Tree Preservation Order

Remove Sycamore standing in strip of land between the rear garden of 5 Nutfields at Redwell Lane. Standing in Woodland W1 of Tree Preservation Order

Beech: Remove 9no. lowest branches and carry out 5% thinning of the remaining branches to allow sunlight through. T72 of Tree Preservation Order

Walnut tree (standing in field which is part of Church Farm to the rear of properties in Ewell Avenue. The Walnut stands behind the garages which are to the rear of 51 Fartherwell Avenue and 101 and 103 Ewell Avenue) - Remove branch overhanging garage. Standing in Area A1 of Tree Preservation Order

Reduce branches that are overhanging the very small and enclosed garden at 568 London Road by approximately 4 metres. The reason for the works is overshading and excessive debris, Applicants reference: T1 - Scots Pine standing in group G6 of Tree Preservation Order

T1 Large oak of Tree Preservation Order- Reduce crown by 3m all around remove dead wood thin by 20%. The reason for works is that the tree is now only 3m away from the property and it is restricting light, We would like this tree to be re balanced so that it does not outgrow its space