4, Lakeside Newcastle Road, Congleton, Cheshire East, CW12 4HL

Proposal

Atlas Cedar - The broken branches should be cut back to suitable side branches where possible. The broken stumps should be cut back to the main limbs or stem where there is no branch to cut them back to. The lateral limbs that extend over the neighbour’s garden should be shortened by 3-4 metres back to suitable side branches. I would also suggest that the long lateral which extends back over the garden towards the shed is also reduce by 3-4 metres. This should be pruned back to a suitable side branch so that the crown has a natural flow rather than being truncated. Then selected long lateral branches that are clearly prone to failure are also carefully reduce back to suitable side branches to reduce the wind leverage on them. It is difficult to specify the exact branches to shorten as this may have to be decided once the tree is climbed. It is not anticipated that any single branch would be shortened by more than 4 metres but again this can only be decided by a professional arborist once they are in the crown and can see clearly how the tree is growing. It is vital to only take off the minimum length off a branch to reduce the risk of failure. It is also essential to maintain the natural shape of the crown.