Appley Manor Hotel Appley Road Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1PH

Proposal

T1; number tag: 0369 - Hornbeam. Poor form tree with a thin crown. Deadwood over the entrance driveway-Remove and replant with a better amenity tree. T2; Number tag 0371 - Hornbeam. Decaying limb @3m height to the south overhanging the footpath and street light. Remove the limb Reason: Safety. T3; Number tag 0398 - Beech. Remove for safety. Reason: Tree is declining in the upper crown and is infected within the lower trunk and root plate with Brittle cinder fungus (Kretzschmaria deusta) a severe decaying fungi. Although appearing healthy the tree can fail and break at the base due to the fungal decay. T4; Number tag: 0397 - English Oak. Reduce (pollard) the crown down to healthy growth positions at approximately 8m in height, to remove both weight, windage and leverage on the tree structure and heavily extended crown limbs Reason: Tree is declining in the upper crown and has old fruiting bodies of a bracket fungi infection, presumed to be Ganoderma resinaceum, within 40% of the trunk base which will start to hollow the trunk. Tree is otherwise healthy and reacting to the fungal decay by producing reaction trunk growth. A potential hazard tree if not maintained..Works are for safety.