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20 The Green Ewell Surrey KT17 3JN
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20 The Green Ewell Surrey KT17 3JN
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View council mapBack garden. To trim and tidy all Western Red Cedars and Leylandii Conifers. Giving individual shapes to all shrubs and bushes around the garden, allowing more light down light down onto smaller shrubs, bushes and trees around them. Purple Plum, to reduce vertical branches by approx. 1m lateral and 1m vertical leaving 2-3m crown spread. Silver Birch to reduce some of the out of shape branches by approx. 1/2m leaving a 3m crown spread. Cedar on the left hand side, to lightly trim by approx. 1/2m and reduce the top down in line with the rest of the tree by approx. 2 1/2m leaving a 4-5m crown spread. Holly on the left hand side, to top back to old reduction points by approx. 1m. 2no. Purple Plums on the left hand side, to re-shape, topping by approx. 2m. Leaving 3m lateral branches and reducing vertical branches by approx. 1m, leaving 3m crown spread over the entire canopy. 1no. Purple Plum on the right to very lightly shape by approx. 1/2m to 1/3rd m. 2no. Bay trees to top by approx. 2m, trimming the sides back by approx. 1/2 m. 1no. Bay on the right hand side, 1no. On the back left corner. Front garden. Trimming and tidying all the shrubs and bushes around the small Acer on the right hand side. To cut back away from the road and driveway reducing by approx. 1/3rd of a m on lateral branches. To lightly shape the Cedar, reducing lateral limbs by approx. 1m on the vertical limbs, to top by approx. 2m to bring into shape with the rest of the tree.
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| NOCATZDecision · PDF | 9 Aug 2025 | View |
| ACKCATCorrespondence · PDF | 4 Aug 2025 | View |
| INVALCorrespondence · PDF | 26 Jun 2025 | View |
| Application Form - without Personal dataApplication Form · PDF | 18 Jun 2025 | View |
| Tree Sketch PlanPlans · PDF | 18 Jun 2025 | View |
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Understanding planning · 13 min read
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