R20/0287Planning Application R20/0287

T1 Beech, prune spread of crown, ( currently 20m East to West )by 6m in total and North to South, (currently 14.5m) by 2.5m overall, work to re-balance tree and give a better crown shape suitable to its location in proximity to other trees and building. Also remove secondary leader in centre of crown at 10m, this leader has a poor union and two crossing branches. T2 Acer, tree has a pronounced, leggy form which moves excessively even in light wind and is likely to fail either at root plate or on main stem, prune height of this tree to 4m, (currently 12m,) this rather drastic pruning to promote growth of new lower crown. T3 Acer, prune height to 2.5m, upper section has died and remaining stem has extensive bark damage, lower crown has reaction growth which in time can form a viable new crown. T4 Purple leaf Plum, prune back leader on North/North West side of crown by 3m, (approx 1/3rd of current height/length), this leader has a tight union at base and this species is prone to failure due to overextended and overweight branches.

R20/0287