Meadowgate West Hill Road West Hill EX11 1UZ

Proposal

T1, Common Beech: i) Northern stem: reduce spread of lowest 400mm diameter branch to north by 2m; crown raise to give 2m clearance to summer house; pruning cuts not to exceed 50mm in diameter.ii) Southwestern stem: Remove 30% of the mass of this stem, by heavily thinning upper canopy, removing three to four, 6-8m long branch sections from vertical growing branches, making pruning cuts up to 200mm in diameter; install a static, 3-way brace to northern and eastern stems to support southwestern stem at 6-8mm above ground; each span of brace to be rated, to at least 4t and must be pretensioned to prevent further movement.T3, Common Beech:i) Crown reduction of tree height by up to 3m making pruning cuts up to 50mm in diameter.ii) Crown reducing of radial spread from south to west by up to 3m making pruning cuts up to 50mm in diameter.T4, Common Beech: i) Crown raise to give 3m clearance to Meadowgate. ii) Crown reduction of south and south western side of canopy by 2m making pruning cuts up to 50mm in diameter.