DC/23/132779

Description

REAR: ONE Sycamore (T1)(ht:13m): FELL. Reason: health and safety, twin-stemmed, one of the stems split out in gusty winds 15 July into the garden of 2 Orchard Drive and onto the garage roof at Lyncourt, 5 The Orchard, the trunk has decay, remaining tree is now in a precarious position, needs to be felled before it fails.Informative A: please plant a large canopy replacement tree to maintain the urban forest canopy, species such as small leaved lime, oak, sycamore, Robinia, Norway maple, wild cherry, beech, field maple, whitebeam, wild service tree (Sorbus torminalis), hornbeam, Indian horse chestnut, Tulip tree, wingnut, Pride of India/Golden Rain tree (Koelreuteria paniculata), Japanese pagoda tree (Styphnolobium japonicum), Italian alder, Hackberry (Celtis australis), Kentucky Coffee Tree (Gymnocladus dioica), Liquidambar, walnut.Informative B: please retain safe standing stem timber for biodiversity and habitat for the nationally endangered stag beetle which has a strong hold in SE London, and create habitat log piles and dead hedge with arisings for wildlife.

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Address

3 ORCHARD DRIVE, LONDON, SE3 0QP

Postcode

SE3 0QP

UPRN

100021992775

Coordinates

51.468749300000000, -0.000331500000000

Source: Application UPRN