DC/23/130816

Description

REAR: ONE Ash (T1, in TPO gp T43)(ht.22m) Remove snapped hanging branch. Reason: Health & safety, snapped in recent windsREAR: ONE Hawthorn (T2, in TPO gp T43)(ht.12m) FELL and replant. Reason: fallen over, weak root system, to be cut up and used as habitat. Duty to replace applies ? see informative A below.REAR: ONE Hawthorn (T3, in TPO gp T43)(ht.8m) FELL and replant. Reason: snapped branches, high winds caused half the canopy to snap out, large cavity in main stem, less than 30% holding wood. Duty to replace applies ? see informative A below.The London Borough of Lewisham (Brockley Hill) Tree Preservation Order 1973.Informative A: the landowner has a duty to plant a replacement tree when a TPO tree is removed under an exception because it is dead or due to an immediate risk of serious harm: Tree Preservation Orders and trees in conservation areas, guidance 6 March 2014, para 79 and 80. https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tree-preservation-orders-and-trees-in-conservation-areasInformative B: the retention of safe standing dead timber, creation of log and wood piles and linear 'dead hedges' with cut branches laid horizontally between stakes on site is gratefully welcomed for wildlife habitat and to mitigate the biodiversity crisis.Replacement species agreed in agent email 21.3.23 to be selected from: cherry plum, bird cherry, crab apple, whitebeam, hawthorn

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Address

13 LOWTHER HILL, LONDON, SE23 1PZ

Postcode

SE23 1PZ

UPRN

100021982721

Coordinates

51.445852500000000, -0.040763200000000

Source: Application UPRN