BLACKHEATH HOSPITAL, 40-42 LEE TERRACE, LONDON, SE3 9UD
FRONT SIDE: ONE Purple Beech (T17, T1 in TPO)(ht.14m) FELL leaving safe standing stem/monolith/high stump and replace. Reason: health and safety, roots showing fungal fruiting body of Meripilus, felling for safety in public access areas only option for infected trees, previous poor pruning, replacement with 5 mixed species to maintain the treed boundary amenity of the hospital grounds and the treed landscape character of this part of the Blackheath conservation area - see condition 2 below for replacement species and maintenance. The London Borough of Lewisham (Blackheath Hospital 40-42 Lee Terrace London SE3 9UD) Tree Preservation Order 2014.Informative A: the 5 replacement trees as agreed in agents emails 17.3.23 and 28.3.23 are greatly appreciated for a treed east boundary with Hatcliffe Close, the treed character of the hospital site and the treed landscape of this part of the Blackheath conservation area - 5 replacement trees, 1 each of field maple, crab apple, Magnolia Kobus, wild cherry, Gleditsia triacanthos Sunburst, location beside access road on E boundary with Hatcliffe Close.Informative B: the retention of safe standing stem/monolith/high stump of (T17, T1 in TPO) and creation of habitat log piles on site with cut timber is hugely welcomed for wildlife habitat and biodiversity.