64 WICKHAM ROAD, LONDON, SE4 1LS
FRONT: ONE Red Hawthorn (T1)(ht.5m) CROWN THIN by 30% (maximum), LATERAL REDUCE by 1m from 3.5m to 2.5m on SE compass point over pavement. Reason: to reinvigorate growth, reshape crown, highway clearance. FRONT: ONE Red Hawthorn (T2)(ht.5m) CROWN THIN by 30% (maximum), LATERAL REDUCE by 1.5m from 4.5m to 3m on SE compass point over pavement. Reason: to reinvigorate growth of lower crown, remove deadwood, improve light and growth between branches, highway clearance.FRONT: ONE Red Hawthorn (T3)(ht.5.3m) CROWN THIN by 30% (maximum), LATERAL REDUCE by 1m from 3m to 2m on SE compass point over pavement. Reason: as above, crowding in upper branches with T2 so crown thin required to let light through to lower branches and flowerbed below, highway clearance. FRONT: ONE dead Red Hawthorn (T4)(ht.4.8m) FELL and replace. Reason: health and safety, the tree is dead, adjacent to the pavement, avoid potential fall over the pavement. Duty to replace applies. Deadwood from the pruning of trees to be used to create ground-level wildlife habitats within the garden.Informative A: the sensitive management of the trees for landscape amenity, urban forest canopy, wellbeing, wildlife and environmental benefits is greatly appreciatedInformative B: thank you for planting a replacement tree - suggest species such as: hawthorn, cherry plum, crab apple, pear, Amelanchier, Magnolia, Winter flowering cherry (Prunus autumnalis) - under duty to replace applies if a tree in a conservation area is removed because it is dead or presents a risk of serious harm, Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas guidance 6 March 2014, para 121.Informative C: thank you also for using cut branches in the garden to create habitat wood piles, and/ or a linear 'dead hedge' for wildlife and biodiversity.