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The Firs West Hill Road Ryde Isle Of Wight PO33 1FN
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Amendment to proposed works:T1; Holm oak (Within rear garden of no:10) - Remove.Reason: Small trunk decaying from an old trunk split, heavily leaning towards boundary fence to St Johns Hill.T2; Holm Oak - Remove/Coppice to a low stool.Reason: Heavily leaning towards and over boundary fence and St Johns Hill. Tree has large rotted stem to rear indicating limited structural roots to that side.T3; Goat Willow - Remove.Reason: Heavy 'mop headed' tree leaning on the rear fence of no: 12.T4; Hawthorn - Sever the ivy at the base and continue to monitorReason: Declining and ivy smothered, within range of the St Johns Hill boundary fence. T5; Sycamore - Remove stem.Reason: Dead stem.T6; English Oak and Ash (Adjacent to garden boundary) - Reduce (pollard) the oak down to the healthy growth branches at 6-7m in height. Remove declining side stem. Remove the poor form ash stem within the crown.Reason: Oak with a heavily declining upper stem and lower side stem. Poor extended ash stem within the oak crown. T7; Hawthorn - Remove.Reason: Dead, small stem partially collapsed.T8; English Oak - Remove.Reason: Ivy smothered and structurally poor with heavy Phytophthora (bleeding bark) infection to the lower trunk which will decline/kill bark and tree. T9; Dead sycamore - Remove.G1; Dead sycamores - Remove.Mixed hedgerow (footpath of West Hill Road) - Cut back growth from footpath and remove any low branches over path up to minimum of 2.4m in height.Reason: Starting to encroach into the footpath.Various (Predominantly Holm oak and Bay (red lines on location plan) - Remove extended low limbs and over road and parking area up to 5m in height and back to wooded area hedge line.Reason: Starting to become over-heavy and low over parking areas and St Johns Hill.TA; Hornbeam - Remove lower limbs over the garden to raise the crown up to 4m -5m in height.Reason: Low limbs becoming nuisance over rear garden of 135 Westhill Rd.
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View council map| Document | Published | Action |
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| LOCATION PLANPlan - Location · PDF | 13 Oct 2026 | View |
| AMENDMENT TO PROPOSAL 12.10.2026Supporting Information · PDF | 13 Oct 2026 | View |
| APPLICATIONFORMREDACTEDApplication Form - Public Copy · PDF | 28 Aug 2026 | View |
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