Tappen House Dulwich Common London Southwark SE21 7ES

Proposal

Front Garden: T1) Re-Pollard Chestnut back to previous points, retaining knuckles. Reasons: General maintenance and aesthetics. T2) Reduce Magnolia into shape ensuring clearance from the building. Reasons: Cutback due to foliage encroaching property & reduction to ensure balanced canopy after cutting back. Rear Garden: T3) Cut back/lift Holm Oak from property line. Reasons: Foliage encroaching property & light issues. T4) Rebalance Elder, removing limb growing towards building. Reasons: Removing Lever arm to rebalance away from the property. T5) Reduce centrepiece Beech back into shape. Reasons: Continued maintenance & general aesthetics. G1) Raise canopy on multiple species on the right hand boundary removing any dead/dying sapling stems including dead conifer hedge. Reasons: allowing more light for lawn growth, new seedlings, flowers and planting potential. T6) Remove previously coppiced strawberry trees to roughly ground level. Reasons: allowing more light for lawn growth, new seedlings, flowers and planting potential. T7) Lift & reduce remaining canopy on cherry overhanging summer house. Reasons: causing damage to summer house roof. T8) Raise canopy on leaning spruce tree - raise lowest 3 limbs to open the area up for new planting potential. T9) Deadwood Pine. Reasons: General maintenance. T10) Pollard large Ash tree at rear. Reasons: showing signs of decline pollard to alleviate sail and reduce risk of failure. Monitor and document any decline in health. G2) Raise canopy on multiple species on the left hand boundary, removing any dead/dying trees/shrubs Reasons: allowing more light for lawn growth, new seedlings, flowers and planting potential. T11) Removal of Large dead Spruce to roughly ground level T12) Re-pollard Lime Tree, retaining knuckles. Reasons: continued maintenance & aesthetic purposes on previously pollarded Limes.