Horniman Museum And Gardens, 100 London Road, London, SE23 3PQ

Proposal

Nature Trail tree works for health & safety from priority 3 in Hayden's Arboricultural Report Sept 2023: ONE Sycamore (T001)(ht.7m) FELL. Reason: extensive die back. Another native tree will be planted as a replacement. ONE Ash tree (T34)(ht.6m) FELL. Reason: the main stem has failed. Another native tree will be planted as a replacement. ONE Sycamore (no.unknown)(ht.7m) LATERAL REDUCE by 2m from 4m to 2m on all compass points. ONE Sycamore (T024)(ht.7m) FELL. Reason: extensive die back. Another native tree will be planted as a replacement. ONE Ash (T025)(ht.9m) FELL. Reason: extensive die back. Another native tree will be planted as a replacement. ONE Sycamore (T026)(ht.9m) FELL. Reason: extensive die back. Another native tree will be planted as a replacement. ONE Ash (T049)(ht.12m) LATERAL REDUCE by 2m from 6m to 4m on lower SE lateral. Reason: general maintenance, height to remain the same. ONE Sycamore (T027)(ht.14m) FELL. Reason: extensive die back. Another native tree will be planted as a replacement. ONE Sycamore (T028)(ht.14m) FELL. Reason: extensive die back. Another native tree will be planted as a replacement. ONE Sycamore (T029)(ht.15m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 7.5m from 15m to 7.5m. LATERAL REDUCE by 2m from 8m to 6m on all compass points. Reason: General maintenance. ONE dead Conifer (unknown)(ht.9m) FELL. Reason: Fell, tree to s/o T018. Fell as the tree has died. Another conifer will be planted as a replacement, duty to replace applies.. ONE Sycamore (unknown)(ht.12m) FELL. Reason: Fell, tree to s/o T018. Poor unions at the base, one has failed already. Tree replanting - plant a native pollinator as a replacement. ONE Sycamore (T006)(ht.15m) COPPICE to ht.1m. Reason: multi-stemmed, very poor physiological condition, next to domestic rear garden, coppice to be allowed to regrow. ONE Sycamore (T005)(ht.9m) COPPICE to 1m above ground. Reason: Very poor physiological condition, one stem has failed. ONE Oak (T48)(ht.16m) LATERAL REDUCTION by 2m from 9m to 7m on E compass point. Reason: Height to remain the same. Work undertaken to rebalance the crown. FOUR dead Sycamore (G002)(ht.14m ) FELL. Reason: All have died. Native species to be planted as replacements, duty to replace applies. ONE Willow (T037)(ht.12m) FELL. Reason: The tree has fallen in the past and new growth is unsustainable. Replant with another willow. ONE Ash (T043)(ht.23m) LATERAL REDUCE by 3m from 12 to 9m on E compass point. Reason: To prevent failure in the future. ONE dead Ash (T11)(ht.16m) REDUCE HEIGHT to MONOLITH to ht.5m to leave a habitat pole. Reason: The crown is dead, duty to replace applies. ONE Ash (T41)(ht.20m) LATERAL REDUCE by 3m from 12m to 9m. Reason: A large weight loaded lateral projecting to the east should be reduced as there is a wound in the main stem. ONE Poplar (T039)(ht.25m) CROWN REDUCE HEIGHT by 3m from 25m to 22m, LATERAL REDUCE by 2m from 10m to 8m on all compass points. Reason: General maintenance. ONE Hawthorn (T013)(ht.6m) FELL. Reason: Extensive dieback in crown. Replace with another hawthorn. Informative A: the 16 proposed replacement native trees are greatly appreciated for amenity, biodiversity and to maintain the wooded character of the disused railway Nature Trail which provides treed boundary amenity and setting to the Horniman gardens, species such as sessile oak, hornbeam, wild service tree, small leaved lime, alder, willow, poplar, field maple, whitebeam, alder buckthorn, elder, Scots pine. Informative B: the proposed retention of safe standing stems as monoliths, high stumps, tree stems lying on the ground and creation of habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity is hugely supported. Informative C: duty to replace applies to the 6 dead trees.