Planning applications in South Oxfordshire, October 2014

Wallingford Road and Fairfield Road, Goring, 16 Wallingford Road, Goring and even numbers 4 to 42, Milldown Road, Goring

T1 - Beech - cut back to balance on north side, crown lift. T2 - Beech - cut back to balance on north side, crown lift. Tree 1 possible weak fork 2.4m ish. Protected tree line consists Lime and Beech. G1 The Group of trees Comprising of 27 Beech (1 felled), 36 Limes (1 felled), 12 Pines (9 felled), 10 Hornbeam (1 felled) and 2 Norway Maples Spec: S1 Reduce crown by a maximum of n% and reshape Reason: R1 Sound arboricultural management Reason: R2 To ensure future compatibility with site, surroundings and usage Reason: R7 Close to building, services, road or public highway (delete as appropriate) Reason: R8 Blocking light Spec: S3 Remove deadwood. Reason: R1 Sound arboricultural management Reason: R2 To ensure future compatibility with site, surroundings and usage Reason: R7 Close to building, services, road or public highway (delete as appropriate) Reason: R8 Blocking light Spec: S5 Remove damaged branches Reason: R1 Sound arboricultural management Reason: R2 To ensure future compatibility with site, surroundings and usage Reason: R7 Close to building, services, road or public highway (delete as appropriate) Reason: R8 Blocking light Spec: S7 Lift crown to a height of above ground level, by removing branch tips only , by removing bran Reason: R1 Sound arboricultural management Reason: R2 To ensure future compatibility with site, surroundings and usage Reason: R7 Close to building, services, road or public highway (delete as appropriate) Reason: R8 Blocking light Spec: S19 Please add the following at the end of all the aprroved works: All pruning cuts must be made at bra Reason: R1 Sound arboricultural management Reason: R2 To ensure future compatibility with site, surroundings and usage Reason: R7 Close to building, services, road or public highway (delete as appropriate) Reason: R8 Blocking light

Sprimont Cottage, Manor Road, Goring, Oxon

T1 - Eucalyptus T2 - Yew T1 - Eucalyptus - Reduce height to previous cutting point. T2 - Yew - cut back overhang to parking on drive. Remarks:

Thame Cottage, 173 Thame Road, Warborough, Wallingford, OX10 7DH

T1 & T2 - Conifers, T3 - Conifer, T4 - Shrub, T5 - Apple, T6 - Taxodium, T7 - Yew, T8 - Fastigate Beech, T9 - Prunus Conifers x 2 (No.1 & 2) Both growing too close to the house plus roof (Grade II listed) and having an impact on the stone and roof tiles. Plans are to redesign and replant walled area to be more formal. Seeking permission to remove trees and grind out stumps. Conifer x 1 (No.3) Growing too close to the old boundary wall and too large for the area. Plans are to redesign and replant walled area to be more formal. Seeking permission to remove tree and grind out stump. Shrub (No.4) Too large for area and growing very close to both house and boundary wall. Seeking permission to remove shrub and grind out stump. Apple (No.5) Dying old tree. Has been pruned in past. Seeking permission to remove remaining tree and grind out stump to provide more space and light for shrubs and trees growing nearby. Taxodium (No.6) Overgrown space as it is right on top of Yew (No.7). Seeking permission to reduce the Yew by approx 45% and remove Taxodium tree and grind out stump to provide more space and light for trees nearby. Fastigate Beech (No.8) Tree very large and having an impact on the Japenses maple next to it. Roots are causing damage to next door tennis court. Seeking permission to reshape and reduce. Prunus (No.9) Dying, mishapen and unattractive. Seeking permission to remove tree and grind out stump. Remarks:

Caversham Cottage, High Street, Goring on Thames, Oxon, RG8 9BA

T1 - Yew Tree T1 - Yew Tree - reduce by 30% by both lifting the crown and lateral branches. Work to be undertaken in order to reduce risk of tree coming into contact with the telephone wire and to let more light into the garden. Remarks:

30 Park Road, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 1DD

T1 - Purple Plum T1 - Purple Plum - fell to ground level. Remarks:

Finches, Baker Street, Aston Tirrold, Didcot, OX11 9BD

T1 - Dying Sycamore (rear garden) T2 - Sycamore (rear garden) T1 - Dying Sycamore - rear garden other side of wall: Fell and grind out the stump. T2 - Sycamore - Rear garden: Prune back off the barn roof, lift the crown and remove deadwood. Remarks:

Manor House, Church Hill, Little Milton, Oxford, OX44 7QB

T1 - Sycamore T1 - Sycamore - crown reduce by around 25% to reduce height and spread by around 1.5 metres. This work is in order to maintain this tree at a size that does not cause excessive shade and overhang issues to the property immeidately adjacent to this tree. Remarks:

11 Stonor Green, Watlington, Oxon, OX49 5PT

T1, 2, 3 - Himalayan Birch T1,2,3 Himalayan Birch - Raise the crowns to between 2 and 2.5 metres. Thin the crowns by 10-15% by removing crossing and minor growth to reduce crown density. This work is to maintain these trees as attractive garden specimens. Remarks:

1 East Street, Didcot, Oxon, OX11 8EJ

T1 - Ash T2 - Cypress T4 - Cypress T5 - Ash T6 - Ash leaf Maple T7 - Bay T9 - Hornbeam T1 - Ash - Multi stemmed at 3 metres, inspect union, clean out crown, and thin foliage clusters by 10%. Reduce to give 2 metre clearance from building, clear service lines where possible, crown lift to statutory clearance over road. T2 - Cypress - Reduce to height of adjacent Cypress to clear service wire, clip to contain. T4 - Cypress - Reduce in height by 2 metres to alleviate strain on potentially weak unions at base, try to incorporate a natural conical effect after reduction. T5 - Ash in neighbours - Reduce to give 3 metres clearance from house. T6 - Ash leaf Maple - Between Ash and Bay, (in neighbours), reduce back to boundary line (fence). T7 - Bay - Reduce in height to 10ft from ground level, clip to contain to form more rotund compact form all round. T9 - Hornbeam - in neighbours, cut back to boundary line. Remarks:

Merton House, 65 Bell Street, Henley on Thames, Oxon, RG9 2BD

2 x Silver Birch I have been advised by two arboriculturists that the two silver birch trees in my garden are unsafe. If we have high winds or heavy rain, they could come down. One could fall across the greenhouse onto my neighbour's house, the other could land on the boundary wall with The Bull Yard. Also they are several metres from Kings Road Car Park. Separate application from Heritage Tree Services for the same work also received: 2 x Birch - both displaying extensive basal decay, both effectively standing on stilts (surviving buttress roots. Dynamics of movement could allow for "shear crack" failure. Therefore suggest felling above ground level for stag beetle habitat. Replanting species to be advised. Remarks: