FRONT (no.57): ONE Magnolia (T1)(ht.4m) FELL.Reason: structural damage to internal supporting wall between no.55 & no.57, level of damage Category 2 (slight) in BRE Digest 251, 1.5m deep foundations, live roots 1.5m to 2.2m below foundations identified as Magnolia, soil below foundations is desiccated silty clay to 5m of very high plasticity, house much older than the magnolia, heave risk unlikely. Magnolia low water demand species in NHBC chpt 4.2 Building near Trees.Informative A: thank you for retaining other front shrubs for amenity, wildlife, flood risk mitigation and vegetation to reduce increasingly high summer temperatures due to climate change. Informative B: please create habitat log piles with arisings for wildlife and biodiversity.

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