22/0299/TPOPlanning Application 22/0299/TPO

T1 - Sycamore, the tree has signs of historic fire damage or potentially bark/root damage when the garage was excavated.Decay has set in to the heartwood and is down starting to decline.Please see photo. There is included bark present from ground level indicating a poor union. with roughly a 60/40 split if failure to occur at this point it was cause a lot of damage to surrounding property. A large limb failed from the tree during the high winds in February which is now caused the homeowner to be concerned about the tree. The tree has now become over mature and is set within a very urbanized area which overhangs multiple gardens. IF another failure was to occur there is a high risk to property and persons. The homeowner will loose privacy and banking stability and is prepared to plant 3 flowering cherry on the banking to replace the tree and for the TPO to be moved to these trees, which will give the area long term visual amenity as well as retaining the banking and giving the homeowner privacy. Request is for the tree to be felled. Reduction was considered but due to the elongated branches there is little in terms of reduction points and would leave a visually poor tree that would then require regular works.

22/0299/TPO