52 Geoffrey Road, London, SE4 1NT

Proposal

REAR: ONE Bay (T1)(ht.11m) REDUCE HEIGHT by 2m to 9m, LATERAL REDUCE by 2m from 9m to 7m. Reason: Routine maintenance to improve light conditions. REAR: ONE Pear (T2)(ht.8m) FELL. Reason: Tree condition is poor, prevent health and safety issues - a native pollinator will be planted as a replacement. Informative A: huge thank you for retaining the bay tree for amenity, wildlife and shade to reduce high temperatures in increasingly hot summers due to climate change. Informative B: the planting of a replacement tree for the pear T2 with a tree for pollinators is greatly appreciated, species such as pear, hawthorn, Amelanchier, crab apple, quince (Cydonia oblonga), medlar, mulberry, elder, hazel, holly, alder buckthorn, goat willow or similar to maintain the treed character amenity and wildlife of rear gardens to Geoffrey Road backing onto the railside site of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC). Informative C: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.