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Old Woodlands House, Bakers Lane, Brightwell cum Sotwell, Oxon, OX10 0PU

Decided South Oxfordshire P17/S4611/TCA Works to trees in CA

Works: Trees Small domestic

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Proposal

TG1 - Sycamore & Ash saplings T1&T8 - Sycamore T2 - Ash T3 - Spruce TG2 - 4 x Spruce T4 - Lawson Cypress TG3 - Elder, Holly, Field Maple & Hornbeam TG4 - 5 x Hornbeam TG5 - 12 x Hornbeam TG6 - 2 x Hornbeam T5 - Hornbeam T6 - Sweet Chestnut T7 - Ash TG1 - self set Sycamore and Ash saplings around far corner of site. Remove to ground level and treat stumps to prevent re-growth. T1 - Sycamore. Remove basal growth. Lift crown to a height of 1.8m on garden side to remove two crossing branches back to source. Lift crown to a height of 4.5m where it overhangs the fence into next door property back to source to remove all the overhang in order to relieve the oppressiveness felt by the neighbour as a result of this tree. T2 - Ash. Remove x 4 self set stems of Sycamore at the base and the Elder. Girdle ivy. Re-inspect once ivy is clear - particularly as there is considerable basal decay on thw est side under the rootplate. Lift the smaller overhanging branches back to the main scaffold limbs to a height of 8m where they overhang the fence to the north, ensuring that the main scaffold limbs are retained. Crown clean to remove deadwood, weak and crossing branches . T3 - Suppressed Spruce (one of five stems of spruce labelled TG2). Remove to ground level. TG2 - x 4 Spruce - girdle ivy. T4 - Lawson Cypress - remove to ground level. Blocking light to neighbouring property. TG3 - Elder, holly, field maple and hornbeam. Old hedgeline that is suppressed and growing over the fence. Remove to ground level as it is a nuisance to the neighbour. TG4 - x 6 Hornbeam - crown lift to 2m above ground level by removing branch tips only where the branches overhang the fence line. TG5 - x 12 Hornbeam - remove 3rd stem from left. Suppressed. TG6 - x 2 Hornbeam and x 1 Hazel. Remove to ground level. T5 - Hornbeam - crown lift to a height of 3m above ground level the limbe overhanging the summerhouse roof by removing branch to source. T6 - Sweet Chestnut - crown lift to 4m above ground level to remove the smaller branches that overhang the garden back to source. T7 - Ash - girdle ivy and crown clean to remove deadwood, weak and crossing branches. T8 - Sycamore - multi-stemmed. Fell and treat stumps to prevent re-growth. Remarks:

As published by the council, reference P17/S4611/TCA

Application record

Reference
P17/S4611/TCA
Type
Works to trees in CA
Status
Decision Made
Decision
No obj CA works
Received
6 Apr 2017
Validated
6 Apr 2017
Decided
10 May 2017
Postcode
OX10 0PU

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 6 Apr 2017

    Received by South Oxfordshire

  2. 10 May 2017

    Decision issued: No obj CA works

  3. 27 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

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