Howards End Charters Road And Woodford Sunning Avenue Sunningdale Ascot

1. 1.These trees are valuable and prominent features on Sunning Avenue and Charters Road with no major defects noted at the time of inspection or in the application that world require the level of the proposed crown reduction or pollarding works. It is confirmed in the application that the reason for the work is not due to the condition of the trees. T1 and T2 are currently at a hight of 18m the limbs of the trees did not appear to be especially overextended or growing too close to the house. A cavity was noted on the stem of T1 Lime that appears to have resulted from the loss of an adjacent stem. The decay that is present maybe isolated from the main stem of the tree however it is recommend that further non-invasive decay investigation is undertaken to establish the extent of the cavity and associated decay. Crown lifting works have recently been approved as part of application 25/02012/TPO these works should address any concerns with regards to branches overhanging the highway. The proposed reduction works would create large wounds and remove a significant amount of woody tissue and foliage bearing branch structure from these trees and would act as entry points for decay. This work would be detrimental to the health and appearance of these trees. RETPOZ T3 has appears to have responded well following previous reduction works, the pollarding of this tree works would appear excessive at this time. Lesser work to thin out the dense regrowth resulting from the previous works have been agreed as part of application 25/02012/TPO. T4 is already smaller than 27m in hight a further overall reduction of 3m would create large wounds and remove a significant amount of woody tissue and foliage bearing branch structure from this tree and would create entry points for decay. This work would be detrimental to the health and appearance of this tree. After careful consideration of the tree preservation order application, it is considered that the reasons given in the application do not justify the proposed works.

From the council's decision notice.

Application type

Works To Trees Covered by TPO

Scale / size

Small

Parish

Sunningdale Parish

Date validated

17 March 2026

Consultation expiry

15 April 2026

Neighbour consultation end

15 April 2026

Last date for comments

15 April 2026

Target decision date

12 May 2026

Agent address

Out There Trees Ltd Windlecroft Farm Windlesham Road Chobham GU24 8SN

Statutory period

56 days

Planning Portal ID

PP-14757503

Documents

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