We have recently moved into 17 Park road and are wishing to apply for removal of a large Birch tree in our back garden, due to a multitude of reasons. Firstly we have 2 young children and the tree takes up a large proportion of grass where they play. It's also causing excessive shading in the garden which can make the back of the house feel quite dark. The large canopy of the tree has created patches on the lawn where the grass has been unable to grow. We would hopefully like to restore the lawn but are unable to do that whilst it isn't getting any sunlight. The grass is also quite mossy where there isn't any sunlight and we'd like to try and improve its condition. Secondly the tree is located on the border of our lawn and drive. The large roots are causing damage to the drive which will likely get worse. We are also wanting to widen our drive over the next few years to enable us to get an electric car with an electric point in the garage. The current location of the tree would therefore make it difficult. HAR/CA15

T1 Robinia section fell as the tree is in very poor condition, with lots of decay and stress cracks in the limbs close to the main union, this tree has already dropped a significant limb and now threatens to drop an even bigger limb onto the neighbours house or garage roof. - TPO#: A1 - 181W , TPO#: W1 - 102W , TPO#: T1 - 187W , TPO#: T2 - 187W , TPO#: T3 - 187W , TPO#: T4 - 187W , TPO#: T5 - 187W , TPO#: T9 - 187W , TPO#: T10 - 187W , TPO#: T11 - 187W , TPO#: T12 - 187W , TPO#: T13 - 187W , TPO#: T14 - 187W , TPO#: T15 - 187W , TPO#: T16 - 187W , TPO#: T17 - 187W , TPO#: T18 - 187W , TPO#: T19 - 187W , TPO#: T20 - 187W , TPO#: T21 - 187W , TPO#: T22 - 187W , TPO#: T27 - 187W , TPO#: T28 - 187W

Location : Tree Number 1 on Tree_Location_Illustration.gif which is situated <1m to the rear of the garage. Species: Conifer. Description of work: Fell . Reason: Removal required due to potential mechanical damage to the garage foundations, and leaning to the right resulting in instability and potential fall onto the house. Evidence provided in attached extract of structural survey document Tree_Structural Survey_Extract.gif. Location : Tree Number 2 on Tree_Location_Illustration.gif which is situated 1m to the left rear of the house. Species: Conifer. Description of work: Fell. Reason. Potential mechanical damage to the house foundations, and continuing damage to the foul drains. Evidence provided in attached extract of drains survey document TreeRoot_Drains_Survey.gif. - HAR/CA30 , TPO#: G2 - 87W , TPO#: A3 - 162W

T1 - Larch - Height reduce by larger of two stems by 2m and the smaller of the two stems by 6m to remove co-dominance. Remove significant deadwood (>25mm diameter). T2 - Larch - Reduce bottom limb over garden to second lateral. Remove limb over neighbours garage. Remove vine from crown. Reduce/remove limbs to give at least 3m clearance from neighbours house/roof. Reduce over extended limbs from throughout crown to rebalance shape. Remove deadwood and stubs from throughout crown. HAR/CA24, HAR/CA25.