St John The Baptist Church Church Street Somersham

Proposal

1 Common Lime - Prune to clear lamp column as part of routine maintenance. 5 Common Lime - Repollard to maintain cyclical pruning regime. 7 Robinia - Remove minor dead wood 14 Silver Birch - Prune to maintain channel for overhead wires as part of routine maintenance. 16 Crack Willow - Pollard 19 Common Lime - Repollard to maintain cyclical pruning regime. 20 Common Lime - Repollard to maintain cyclical pruning regime. 32 Common Lime - Remove minor dead wood 33 Common Lime - Remove minor dead wood 38 Pissards Plum - Remove dead branches (fungal fruiting bodies/cushion fungus).Monitor crown break inclusion especially after high winds & storms for signs of fracture. Remove major dead wood 39 Holly 'Golden King - Ivy - Sever only 40 Common Holly - Ivy - Sever only 45 Sycamore - Re-reduce faulted stems (potential for regrowth to fracture). Monitor old pruning wounds ( basal area, facing Church) for signs of decay, fungal fruiting bodies & exhudate. Reduce faulted limbs/stems 46 Common Yew - Prune 49 Common Yew - Prune