T18 - Horse Chestnut - Cut back scaffold branch at a height of approx. 4m to the south by half of its existing length leaving the branch approx. 4.5m in length. To reduce the weight of the branch that is over residential dwelling. Tree surgeon suspects branch union to be included.

INT_ID 5,799 - applies to single tree; box elder. Proposed works - partial reduction to crown (height/sides reduced by up to 2 metres) & thinning 25% to allow more light to garden; overall shape of tree maintained. Reason for work: (i) branches impeding footpath and adjoining road (Mentmore Rd), (ii) branches overhanging and contacting residential dwelling and (iii) excessive shading into garden.

T1 - Redwood - Remove Reason: The redwood tree is potentially very large with the capacity to achieve greater than 25m in height with a substantial stem and crown radius. It is located within roughly 4m of an extension (recently granted full planning permission 20/00686/FUL) to the existing dwelling at 22 Water Lane and approximately 5m from number 24. In this respect, the tree is not well suited to its enclosed residential setting. The future relationship between the tree and the buildings is unsustainable. As the tree grows it will shade and dominate the nearby structures and in doing so cause anxiety for future occupiers. In addition, there is a possibility that the tree could harm the adjacent brick boundary wall and hard surface by direct root action and by branch ends whipping against the fabric of a building. If the tree is retained, then ongoing pruning will be required that would harm its natural form. Given its current small size, the tree has a low degree of merit as a public amenity. There are spruce and ash trees in front of it that will mitigate its loss.

Dismantle x 2 Ash (T1) and 1 x Beech (T2) due to potential infection Dismantle the large Beech (ID# T2) located at the back right of property. Removal of the above mentioned trees is due in part to the loss of a companion Beech tree in the neighbouring garden that failed during 2020, which subsequently failed onto the residential dwelling house of 17 Willow Chase. After a Bartlett Consultancy investigation it was determined that the root plate failure of the Beech tree was a result of being host to Meripilus Giganteus. Due to the close proximity there is a high likelihood that the Beech and the Ash as also infected with Meripilus Giganteus. The above mentioned trees are now exposed to the prevailing south-westerly winds and it is suspected that the grafted Beech trees rooting are similarly affected by Meripilus Giganteus, further increasing the risk of wind throw onto the adjacent residential dwellings.